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H.B. No. 2014 AN ACT relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell County Hospital District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1123 to read as follows: CHAPTER 1123. SOMERVELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the Somervell County Hospital District. SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION Sec. 1123.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board consists of seven elected directors. Sec. 1123.052. TERMS; ELECTION. (a) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. (b) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of appropriate years to elect the appropriate number of directors. SECTION 2. (a) A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this Act shall continue to serve until the director's term expires and the director's successor has qualified. (b) Notwithstanding Section 1123.052, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, the directors of the Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors' election held in May of 2026 shall draw lots to determine which two directors serve two-year terms and which three directors serve three-year terms. (c) The directors of the Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors' election held in May of 2027 shall serve four-year terms. (d) A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who succeeds a director described by Subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall serve a four-year term. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2014 was passed by the House on May 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 109, Nays 14, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2014 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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