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STATE OF TEXAS INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT <br />COUNTY OF LAMAR § PARIS - LAMAR COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT <br />This Interlocal Cooperative Agreement (this "Agreement') is made by and between Lamar County, <br />Texas ( "County ") and the City of Paris, Texas ( "City ") under Chapter 121, Subchapter E of the Texas <br />Health & Safety Code laws of the State of Texas, ( "Code "), acting by and through their respective <br />governing bodies, authorized officers and representatives. <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas and Lamar County, Texas have jointly operated a public health <br />department in the community since at least 1950; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Local Public Health Reorganization Act, codified in Chapter 121 of the Texas Health <br />& Safety Code (the "Act'), authorizes the establishment of public health districts by a majority vote of <br />the governing bodies of a county and one or more municipalities in the county for the purpose of <br />providing and furnishing public health programs; and, <br />WHEREAS, the County and the City desire to create a public health district for Lamar County that will <br />function independently of County or City government; and <br />WHEREAS, the Lamar County Commissioners Court and Paris City Council have formally adopted <br />this Agreement by separate minute orders or resolutions and have authorized their presiding officer to <br />execute the Agreement. <br />NOW THEREFORE, the County and the City do hereby enter into a cooperative Agreement by which <br />to establish the Paris -Lamar County Health District ( "District') in accordance with the following: <br />1. GOVERNANCE <br />1.1 The Affairs of the District shall be governed by a public health board, which shall be called <br />the "Paris -Lamar County Health Board" (The "Board "). The Board shall be an <br />administrative public health board and shall have the authority to adopt substantive and <br />procedural rules which are necessary and appropriate to promote and preserve the health and <br />safety of the public within its jurisdiction, provided that no rule adopted shall be in conflict <br />with the laws of the State of Texas. <br />1.2 The Board shall consist of seven (7) members, resident citizens of Lamar County, Texas. <br />Directors shall serve staggered three -year terms so that the terms of no more than one -third <br />of the Directors on the Board will expire at the same time. <br />Page 1 of 10 <br />EXHIEMT <br />