Texas Special District Local Laws Code

§ 1061.052 — ALTERNATIVE DIRECTOR ELECTION

SD § 1061.052Title 3. HEALTH · Part A. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS · Ch. 1061. MIDLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF · Art. B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

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(a)The board on its own motion may order that not fewer than 50 percent of the directors be elected from single-member districts with the remaining directors elected from the district at large.

(b)Before entering an order under Subsection (a), the board must:

(1)hold a public hearing at which registered district voters may comment on whether they favor electing directors in the manner proposed by the board; and

(2)publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the district not later than the seventh day before the date of the hearing.

(c)An order adopted under Subsection (a) must be entered not later than the 120th day before the date of the first election at which directors are elected in the manner provided by the order. Not later than the 90th day before the date of the first election at which directors are elected in the manner provided by the order, the board shall:

(1)divide the district into the appropriate number of single-member districts, based on the number of directors to be elected from the single-member districts and number each single-member district; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.