H.B. No. 3462
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso County
  Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 281.021(e), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a
  board composed of seven members, and shall by order provide for the
  qualifications of appointees to the board.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0222 to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.0222.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) This
  section applies only to the El Paso County Hospital District.
         (b)  The El Paso County Commissioners Court may not appoint a
  person to the board of hospital managers of the district if the
  person is:
               (1)  an employee of El Paso County;
               (2)  a district employee; or
               (3)  related within the third degree of consanguinity
  or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573,
  Government Code, to a member of the commissioners court or to a
  person described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
         SECTION 3.  Section 281.031, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.031.  REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) A member of the
  board of hospital managers of the El Paso County Hospital District
  is considered to have resigned the member's position if the member:
               (1)  is absent from all the regularly scheduled board
  and committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during
  a 90-day period; [or]
               (2)  is absent from more than half of the regularly
  scheduled board and committee meetings that the member is eligible
  to attend during a 12-month period;
               (3)  fails to pay a local tax, including an ad valorem
  tax, when due; or
               (4)  would be ineligible to serve on the board as
  provided by Section 281.0222.
         (b)  A resignation under Subsection (a) is effective
  immediately on the date the absence, disqualifying conduct, or
  ineligibility specified [or refusal prescribed] by Subsection (a)
  occurs or exists.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El Paso
  County Hospital District made on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An appointment to the board of hospital managers of the El
  Paso County Hospital District that occurs before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
  appointment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3462 was passed by the House on May
  13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3462 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor