Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R10866 MEW-F
2	2	By: Schwertner S.B. No. 2289
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Fairfield Hospital District.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 1015.052, Special District Local Laws
10	10	Code, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 1015.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [At least 35 days
12	12	before the date of an election of directors, notice] of an [the]
13	13	election of directors shall be published in accordance with Chapter
14	14	4, Election Code [one time in a newspaper with general circulation
15	15	in the district].
16	16	SECTION 2. Section 1015.252, Special District Local Laws
17	17	Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
18	18	(b-1) to read as follows:
19	19	(b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 12 cents on
20	20	each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district, unless
21	21	the tax rate is increased as provided by Section 1015.254.
22	22	(b-1) If an increase in the tax rate is approved at an
23	23	election under Section 1015.254, the tax rate for all purposes may
24	24	not exceed the maximum tax rate approved by the voters at the
25	25	election.
26	26	SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 1015, Special District
27	27	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1015.254 to read as
28	28	follows:
29	29	Sec. 1015.254. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE. (a)
30	30	The board may order an election to increase the maximum tax rate of
31	31	the district to a rate not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation
32	32	of the taxable property in the district.
33	33	(b) Subject to Subsection (d), the board shall order an
34	34	election to increase the maximum tax rate of the district on
35	35	presentation of a petition that:
36	36	(1) requests the election;
37	37	(2) states the maximum tax rate to be voted on at the
38	38	election; and
39	39	(3) is signed by at least 100 registered voters of the
40	40	district, as determined by the most recent official list of
41	41	registered voters.
42	42	(c) The board by order shall set a time and place to hold a
43	43	hearing on the petition. The board shall set a date for the hearing
44	44	that is not earlier than the 11th day after the date the board
45	45	issues the order.
46	46	(d) If, after the hearing, the board determines that the
47	47	petition is in proper form and that an increase of the maximum tax
48	48	rate would benefit the district, the board shall order an election
49	49	to authorize the increase of the maximum tax rate to the tax rate
50	50	stated in the petition.
51	51	(e) The election order must state:
52	52	(1) the nature of the election, including the
53	53	proposition that is to appear on the ballot;
54	54	(2) the maximum tax rate to be voted on at the
55	55	election;
56	56	(3) the date of the election;
57	57	(4) the hours during which the polls will be open; and
58	58	(5) the location of the polling places.
59	59	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.