Relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital District, the official text

H.B. No. 2607

AN ACT

relating to the terms of the members of the board of hospital

managers and leasing authority of the Walker County Hospital

District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1111.051(b), Special District Local Laws

Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Managers [Unless four-year terms are established under

Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, managers] serve staggered

four-year [two-year] terms with the terms of two or three managers

expiring each even-numbered year as appropriate.

SECTION 2. Section 1111.108(a), Special District Local Laws

Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The district through the board may lease all or part of

the district's property, including the buildings and facilities

comprising the hospital system, to any person on terms considered

to be in the district's best interest. The term of a lease may not

exceed 80 [40] years.

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, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2607 was passed by the House on May 1,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2607 was passed by the Senate on May

19, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor