BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5717: Public hospital districts
Relating to the establishment of commissioner districts and the election of commissioners of public hospital districts.
Summary
- Changes are made to the election of public hospital district commissioners. A newly created public hospital district may have three, five, or seven commissioners, who are elected using commissioner districts, without the use of commissioner districts, or a combination of three commissioner districts and the remainder elected without commissioner district.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5717), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 10, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Bob McCaslin (R-4)
- Introduced
- February 10, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 1271
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Bob McCaslin (R-4)
2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5717 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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