Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code Section 1070.052
Petition to Change Method for Selecting Directors; Election

gov/GetStatute.aspx?Code=SD&Value=1070.052">1070.052. PETITION TO CHANGE METHOD FOR SELECTING DIRECTORS; ELECTION. (a) The Commissioners Court of Hansford County shall order an election on the question of electing directors if the court receives a petition requesting that action signed by at least 250 registered district voters who own taxable property in the district as of the date the petition is presented to the court. The election shall be held within 90 days of the date the petition is presented and notice of the election is given as provided by Section 1251.003 (Conduct of Election), Government Code.

(b)

The order calling the election must:

(1)

specify the date of the election, the location of the polling places, and the presiding judge and alternate judge for each voting place; and

(2)

provide for clerks as in a county election.

(c)

The ballot shall be prepared to allow voting for or against the proposition: “Providing the office of director of the Hansford County Hospital District shall hereafter be an elective office.”

(d)

If a majority of the district voters voting in the election favor the proposition:

(1)

directors in office at the time of the election shall serve the terms for which the directors were appointed; and

(2)

successor directors shall be elected as provided by Section 1070.053 (Directors’ Election).

(e)

Another election on the question of electing directors may not be held before the third anniversary of the date of the most recent election on electing directors.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.

Source: Section 1070.052 — Petition to Change Method for Selecting Directors; Election, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.­1070.­htm#1070.­052 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

1070.001
Definitions 1070.002
Authority for Operation 1070.003
Essential Public Function 1070.004
District Territory 1070.005
Correction of Invalid Procedures 1070.006
District Support and Maintenance Not State Obligation 1070.007
Restriction on State Financial Assistance 1070.051
Board 1070.052
Petition to Change Method for Selecting Directors 1070.053
Directors’ Election 1070.054
Qualifications for Office 1070.055
Board Vacancy 1070.056
Officers 1070.057
Compensation 1070.058
Voting Requirement 1070.059
Administrators 1070.060
General Duties of District Administrator 1070.061
Employees 1070.062
Recruitment of Staff and Employees 1070.063
Health Care and Professional Educational Programs 1070.064
Day-care Services 1070.065
Seniority 1070.066
Liability Insurance 1070.101
District Responsibility 1070.102
Restriction on Political Subdivision Taxation and Debt 1070.103
Management, Control, and Administration 1070.104
Hospital System 1070.105
Rules 1070.106
Purchasing and Accounting Procedures 1070.107
Mobile Emergency Medical Service 1070.108
District Property, Facilities, and Equipment 1070.109
Eminent Domain 1070.110
Gifts and Endowments 1070.111
Construction Contracts 1070.112
Operating and Management Contracts 1070.113
Contracts with Governmental Entities for Treatment 1070.114
Contracts with Governmental Entities for Investigatory or Other Services 1070.115
Provision of Services Outside District 1070.116
Payment for Treatment 1070.117
Authority to Sue and Be Sued 1070.151
Territory that May Be Annexed 1070.152
Petition to Annex Territory 1070.153
Election Order 1070.154
Ballot 1070.155
Notice of Election 1070.156
Election Results 1070.157
Effect of Annexation 1070.201
Budget 1070.202
Notice 1070.203
Amendments to Budget 1070.204
Restriction on Expenditures 1070.205
Fiscal Year 1070.206
Audit 1070.207
Inspection of Audit and District Records 1070.208
Financial Report 1070.209
Depository 1070.210
Spending and Investment Restrictions 1070.211
Authority to Borrow Money 1070.251
Obligations and Credit Agreements 1070.252
General Obligation Bonds 1070.253
Tax to Pay General Obligation Bonds 1070.254
General Obligation Bond Election 1070.255
Revenue Bonds 1070.256
Refunding Bonds 1070.257
Maturity of Bonds 1070.258
Execution of Bonds 1070.259
Bonds Exempt from Taxation 1070.301
Imposition of Ad Valorem Tax 1070.302
Tax Rate 1070.303
Election to Increase Maximum Tax Rate 1070.304
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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