S.B. No. 1461
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment and terms of the board of hospital
  managers of the Dallas County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0211 to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.0211.  APPOINTMENT OF DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL
  DISTRICT BOARD; MEMBERS' TERMS. (a)  The Dallas County Hospital
  District is governed by a board composed of 11 members, appointed as
  follows:
               (1)  the Dallas County Commissioners Court shall
  appoint one member;
               (2)  each commissioner on the Dallas County
  Commissioners Court shall appoint two members; and
               (3)  the county judge of Dallas County shall appoint
  two members.
         (b)  Board members appointed under this section serve
  staggered three-year terms, with as near as possible to one-third
  of the members' terms expiring each year.
         (c)  On or after September 1, 2022, the Dallas County
  Commissioners Court shall appoint members to the board in
  accordance with Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a).
         (d)  Subsection (c) does not affect the entitlement of a
  member of the board of the Dallas County Hospital District
  appointed to the board under this section before September 1, 2022,
  to continue to carry out the member's functions for the remainder of
  the member's term.
         (e)  On the expiration of the terms of the board members
  described by Subsection (d), the Dallas County Commissioners Court
  shall take appropriate action to ensure that, as soon as possible,
  the board of the Dallas County Hospital District complies with the
  requirements of Sections 281.021(a) and 281.022(a).
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The members of the board of hospital
  managers of the Dallas County Hospital District serving on the
  effective date of this Act may draw lots or use another method to
  determine the members, the number of whom must be as near as
  possible to one-third of the total number of members, who shall
  serve terms that expire in 2018, the members, the number of whom
  must be as near as possible to one-third of the total number of
  members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2017, and the members,
  the number of whom must be as near as possible to one-third of the
  total number of members, who shall serve terms that expire in 2016.  
  The members of the board appointed to succeed the members serving on
  the effective date of this Act shall serve three-year terms.
         (b)  At the time the terms of the board of hospital managers
  of the Dallas County Hospital District are determined under
  Subsection (a) of this section, the Dallas County Commissioners
  Court shall establish the specific date on which the terms of
  members of the board of hospital managers shall expire each year.
         (c)  The additional members of the board of hospital managers
  of the Dallas County Hospital District required by Section
  281.0211, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, must be
  appointed not later than January 1, 2016.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1461 passed the Senate on
  April 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1461 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 135,
  Nays 5, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor