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Hood County commissioners vote 3–2 to ask Legislature to make hospital district board elected
Summary
The Hood County Commissioners Court voted 3–2 on Jan. 14, 2025, to adopt a resolution asking the Texas Legislature to amend Special District Local Laws Code chapter 10.42 so the Hood County Hospital District is governed by an elected board; supporters cited multiple Attorney General opinions; hospital district leadership urged the matter be considered by the district first.
The Hood County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution on Jan. 14 asking the Texas Legislature to amend special district law so the Hood County Hospital District board would be elected rather than composed of county officials.
Commissioner Samuelson introduced the resolution, citing a series of Texas Attorney General opinions that, in her view, create a legal conflict when members of a commissioner's court simultaneously serve on another taxing body. "We need to be the ones to ask to have the conflict…
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