Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1307 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/24/2015

                    84R21837 CJC-D
 By: Springer H.B. No. 1307
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1307:
 By:  Tinderholt C.S.H.B. No. 1307


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of the board of directors of certain
 hospital districts to take certain actions.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 1077.106, Special District Local Laws
 Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
 (c) to read as follows:
 (b)  The district may:
 (1)  purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate
 buildings and improvements; [and]
 (2)  mortgage or pledge the buildings and improvements
 as security for the payment of the purchase price, subject to
 Subsection (c); and
 (3)  equip buildings and improvements for hospital
 purposes.
 (c)  The total amount of debt secured by the district's
 buildings and improvements may not exceed $2.5 million.
 SECTION 2.  Sections 1081.056 and 1081.057, Special District
 Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 1081.056.  QUORUM. Any four [five] directors
 constitute a quorum.
 Sec. 1081.057.  VOTING REQUIREMENT. A concurrence of four
 [five] directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district
 business.
 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, 2015.