By: Jackson, Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 1366
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2009, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to ballot language in an election authorizing the issuance
of bonds for hospital district system improvements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 281.107(c) and (d), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) The official proposition submitted to the voters at an
election held under this section shall include, at a minimum, the
information included in the election order as prescribed by
Subsection (e). [read substantially as follows:
["PROPOSITION
["Shall (insert name of district) be authorized to pledge all or a
portion of its hospital system revenues and the revenues received
from the ad valorem tax that was previously approved by the voters
of the district to the payment of outstanding and future
combination tax and revenue bonds and other obligations, and debt
service reserves therefor, that were and will be issued and
executed for the capital purposes of the district's hospital
system?"]
(d) The ballot shall be arranged in a manner that will
permit the voters to vote for or against the following summary of
the proposition:
"Authorizing (insert name of district) to (insert description of
proposed district improvement) and to pledge (insert amount of
combination tax and revenue bonds or other obligations) for the
purpose of financing the proposed hospital district improvement
project." ["Authorizing the (insert name of district) to pledge the
revenues from its hospital system and from the ad valorem tax that
was previously approved by the voters to the payment of combination
tax and revenue bonds and other obligations that have been and will
be issued and executed for the capital purposes of the hospital
system."]
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An
election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the election was ordered, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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