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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 281.021

APPOINTMENT OF BOARD

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 426 F. App'x 312 - Veronica Okon v. Harris County Hospital Dist (2011)

Most recently applied in 426 F. App'x 312 - Veronica Okon v. Harris County Hospital Dist (May 2011)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a district is created under this chapter shall appoint a board of hospital managers composed of not less than five or more than seven members.

(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 2.1 million but less than 2.5 million in which a district is created under this chapter shall appoint a board composed of not less than five or more than 15 members.

(c) The Harris County Commissioners Court shall appoint a board composed of not less than seven or more than nine members.

(d) If a district is created under this chapter in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003, the district shall be governed by a nine-member board of hospital managers, appointed as follows:

(1) the commissioners court of the county shall appoint four members;

(2) the governing body of the municipality with the largest population in the county shall appoint four members; and

(3) the commissioners court and the governing body of the municipality described by Subdivision (2) shall jointly appoint one member.

(e) The El Paso County Commissioners Court shall appoint a board composed of seven members, and shall by order provide for the qualifications of appointees to the board.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.