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1		-	By: Springer (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 795
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
3		-	April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by
5		-	the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 795
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the Haskell County Hospital District; authorizing the
12	6		issuance of bonds.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 1040.052, Special District Local Laws
15	9		Code, is amended to read as follows:
16	10		Sec. 1040.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) A person may
17	11		not be appointed as a director unless the person[:
18	12		[(1)] is a district resident[; and
19	13		[(2) owns land in the district subject to taxation].
20	14		(b) A person may not be appointed as a director if the person
21	15		is:
22	16		(1) a district employee; or
23	17		(2) an employee of Haskell County.
24	18		SECTION 2. Section 1040.152(c), Special District Local Laws
25	19		Code, is amended to read as follows:
26	20		(c) Any district resident [taxpayer] is entitled to:
27	21		(1) appear at the time and place designated in the
28	22		notice; and
29	23		(2) be heard regarding any item included in the
30	24		proposed budget.
31	25		SECTION 3. Section 1040.153, Special District Local Laws
32	26		Code, is amended to read as follows:
33	27		Sec. 1040.153. FISCAL YEAR. The district operates on a
34	28		fiscal year established by the board [that begins on October 1 and
35	29		ends on September 30].
36	30		SECTION 4. Section 1040.154(b), Special District Local Laws
37	31		Code, is amended to read as follows:
38	32		(b) The audit shall be open to inspection during regular
39	33		business hours [Not later than December 31 each year, the audit
40	34		shall be filed:
41	35		[(1) with the comptroller; and
42	36		[(2)] at the district's principal [district] office.
43	37		SECTION 5. Section 1040.155(a), Special District Local Laws
44	38		Code, is amended to read as follows:
45	39		(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks
46	40		[in Haskell County] as the district's depository [or treasurer. A
47	41		designated bank serves for two years and until a successor is
48	42		designated].
49	43		SECTION 6. Subchapter E, Chapter 1040, Special District
50	44		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 1040.207, 1040.208,
51	45		and 1040.209 to read as follows:
52	46		Sec. 1040.207. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The board may issue
53	47		revenue bonds to:
54	48		(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate,
55	49		or equip buildings or improvements for hospitals and the hospital
56	50		system; or
57	51		(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes.
58	52		(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of
59	53		all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the
60	54		district's hospital system.
61	55		(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or
62	56		deed of trust on all or part of the district's property.
63	57		(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner and in accordance
64	58		with the procedures and requirements prescribed by Sections
65	59		264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health
66	60		and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital
67	61		authority.
68	62		Sec. 1040.208. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF
69	63		BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation
70	64		bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may
71	65		provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge
72	66		of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section
73	67		1040.202 and revenue and other sources as authorized by Section
74	68		1040.207.
75	69		Sec. 1040.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use
76	70		the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:
77	71		(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and
78	72		necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;
79	73		(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of
80	74		acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided
81	75		through the bonds, not to exceed five years;
82	76		(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of
83	77		a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:
84	78		(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or
85	79		construction, not to exceed five years; and
86	80		(B) for one year after the project or facility is
87	81		acquired or constructed;
88	82		(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds,
89	83		including debt service reserve and contingency funds;
90	84		(5) costs related to the bond issuance;
91	85		(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or
92	86		interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through
93	87		the bonds; and
94	88		(7) construction costs of a project or facility to be
95	89		provided through the bonds, including the payment of related
96	90		professional services and expenses.
97	91		SECTION 7. Section 1040.053(b), Special District Local Laws
98	92		Code, is repealed.
99	93		SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
100	94		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
101	95		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
102	96		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
103	97		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	98	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	99	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	100	+	I certify that H.B. No. 795 was passed by the House on April
	101	+	16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, 2 present, not
	102	+	voting.
	103	+	______________________________
	104	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	105	+	I certify that H.B. No. 795 was passed by the Senate on May
	106	+	15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	107	+	______________________________
	108	+	Secretary of the Senate
	109	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	110	+	Date
	111	+	_____________________
	112	+	Governor