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  89R15357 SRA-F     By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2784       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the election of the board of directors of the Somervell   County Hospital District.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws   Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1123 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 1123. SOMERVELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS           Sec. 1123.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Board" means the board of directors of the   district.                 (2)  "Director" means a member of the board.                 (3)     "District" means the Somervell County Hospital   District.   SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION           Sec.   1123.051.     BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board consists of   seven elected directors.           Sec.   1123.052.     TERMS; ELECTION.   (a)   Directors serve   staggered four-year terms.           (b)     An election shall be held on the uniform election date   in May of appropriate years to elect the appropriate number of   directors.          SECTION 2.  (a)  A director of the Somervell County Hospital   District who is serving on the day before the effective date of this   Act shall continue to serve until the director's term expires and   the director's successor has qualified.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 1123.052, Special District   Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, the directors of the   Somervell County Hospital District elected at the directors'   election held in May of 2026 shall draw lots to determine which two   directors serve two-year terms and which three directors serve   three-year terms.          (c)  The directors of the Somervell County Hospital District   elected at the directors' election held in May of 2027 shall serve   four-year terms.          (d)  A director of the Somervell County Hospital District who   succeeds a director described by Subsection (b) or (c) of this   section shall serve a four-year term.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.