TITLE: Relating to the Hopkins County Hospital District.

SUMMARY: Relating to the Hopkins County Hospital District.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the Hopkins County Hospital District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1043, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1043.0535 to read as follows: Sec. 1043.0535. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director is absent from at least four regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is eligible to attend in any 12-month period without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board. (b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that the action is taken when a ground for removal of a director exists. (c) A director may be removed for a ground provided by this section using the procedures provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Local Government Code, for removing a county official. SECTION 2. Section 1043.155(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks in Hopkins County as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for three [two] years and until a successor is designated. 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.