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1		-	H.B. No. 3442
	1	+	By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3442
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
	3	+	May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0, 2 present not voting; May 18, 2017, sent to
	6	+	printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the Fairfield Hospital District.
6	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	14		SECTION 1. Section 1015.052, Special District Local Laws
8	15		Code, is amended to read as follows:
9	16		Sec. 1015.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 35 days
10	17		before the date of an election of directors, notice] of an [the]
11	18		election of directors shall be published in accordance with Chapter
12	19		4, Election Code [one time in a newspaper with general circulation
13	20		in the district].
14	21		SECTION 2. Section 1015.252, Special District Local Laws
15	22		Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
16	23		(b-1) to read as follows:
17	24		(b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 12 cents on
18	25		each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district, unless
19	26		the tax rate is increased as provided by Section 1015.254.
20	27		(b-1) If an increase in the tax rate is approved at an
21	28		election under Section 1015.254, the tax rate for all purposes may
22	29		not exceed the maximum tax rate approved by the voters at the
23	30		election.
24	31		SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 1015, Special District
25	32		Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1015.254 to read as
26	33		follows:
27	34		Sec. 1015.254. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE. (a)
28	35		The board may order an election to increase the maximum tax rate of
29	36		the district to a rate not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation
30	37		of the taxable property in the district.
31	38		(b) Subject to Subsection (d), the board shall order an
32	39		election to increase the maximum tax rate of the district on
33	40		presentation of a petition that:
34	41		(1) requests the election;
35	42		(2) states the maximum tax rate to be voted on at the
36	43		election; and
37	44		(3) is signed by at least 100 registered voters of the
38	45		district, as determined by the most recent official list of
39	46		registered voters.
40	47		(c) The board by order shall set a time and place to hold a
41	48		hearing on the petition. The board shall set a date for the hearing
42	49		that is not earlier than the 11th day after the date the board
43	50		issues the order.
44	51		(d) If, after the hearing, the board determines that the
45	52		petition is in proper form and that an increase of the maximum tax
46	53		rate would benefit the district, the board shall order an election
47	54		to authorize the increase of the maximum tax rate to the tax rate
48	55		stated in the petition.
49	56		(e) The election order must state:
50	57		(1) the nature of the election, including the
51	58		proposition that is to appear on the ballot;
52	59		(2) the maximum tax rate to be voted on at the
53	60		election;
54	61		(3) the date of the election;
55	62		(4) the hours during which the polls will be open; and
56	63		(5) the location of the polling places.
57	64		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
58	65		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
59	66		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
60	67		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
61	68		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
62		-	______________________________ ______________________________
63		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
64		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3442 was passed by the House on May 6,
65		-	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 8, 2 present, not
66		-	voting.
67		-	______________________________
68		-	Chief Clerk of the House
69		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3442 was passed by the Senate on May
70		-	22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Secretary of the Senate
73		-	APPROVED: _____________________
74		-	Date
75		-	_____________________
76		-	Governor
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