88(R) SB 660 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R3036 MCF-D
 
  By:  Eckhardt S.B.  No.  660
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the election of board members of certain emergency
  services districts.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Sections 775.024(c) and (h), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (c)    If the boards do not make the appointments before the
  31st day after the date the boards adopted the joint order:
                           (1)    for a consolidated district to which Section
  775.0343, 775.0345, or 775.035 does not apply, the commissioners
  court shall appoint five commissioners to the board of the
  consolidated district; or
                           (2)    for a consolidated district to which Section
  775.0343, 775.0345, or 775.035 does apply, the board of the
  consolidated district is initially composed of the two
  commissioners from each existing board who have served the longest
  terms.
               (h)    For a consolidated district to which Section 775.0343,
  775.0345, or 775.035 applies, the initial commissioners of the
  consolidated district serve until the next available uniform
  election date after the date the joint order is adopted and that
  allows sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law.
  After an election is held under Section 775.0343, 775.0345, or
  775.035:
                           (1)    the two commissioners who receive the fewest votes
  of the elected commissioners serve terms ending on December 31 of
  the second year following the year in which the election is held;
  and
                           (2)    the remaining elected commissioners serve terms
  ending on December 31 of the fourth year following the year in which
  the election is held.
               SECTION  2.    The heading to Section 775.034, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
               Sec.  775.034.    APPOINTMENT OF BOARD IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
  [DISTRICT] LOCATED WHOLLY IN ONE COUNTY.
               SECTION  3.    Section 775.034(h), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (h)    This section does not apply to a district located wholly
  in a county:
                           (1)    with a population of more than [three million;
                           [(2)    with a population of more than] 200,000 [that
  borders Lake Palestine]; or
                           (2)  [(3)]    with a population of less than 200,000 that
  borders another state and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
               SECTION  4.    Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0343 to read as follows:
               Sec.  775.0343.    ELECTION OF BOARD FOR DISTRICTS IN POPULOUS
  COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a district that is
  located wholly in one county with a population of more than 200,000.
  This section does not apply to a district described by Section
  775.0345(a).
               (b)    The governing body of a district consists of a
  five-person board of emergency services commissioners elected at
  large from the district as prescribed by this section.  Emergency
  services commissioners serve staggered four-year terms.
               (c)    After a district is created, the county judge shall
  establish a convenient day provided by Section 41.001, Election
  Code, to conduct an election to elect the initial emergency
  services commissioners.  
               (d)    To be eligible to be a candidate for emergency services
  commissioner, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a
  resident of the district.
               (e)    A candidate for emergency services commissioner on an
  initial board must give the voter registrar of the county a sworn
  notice of the candidate's intention to run for office. The notice
  must state the person's name, age, and address and state that the
  person is serving notice of intent to run for emergency services
  commissioner. On receipt of the notice, the voter registrar of the
  county shall have the candidate's name placed on the ballot.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Health and Safety Code 775.024, Health and Safety Code 775.034, Health and Safety Code 775.0445, Health and Safety Code 775.301, Health and Safety Code 775.302 (Health and Safety Code 775)