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AN ACT
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relating to ballot language in an election authorizing the issuance |
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of bonds for hospital district system improvements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 281.107(c) and (d), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The official proposition submitted to the voters at an |
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election held under this section shall include, at a minimum, the |
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information included in the election order as prescribed by |
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Subsection (e). [read substantially as follows:
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["PROPOSITION
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["Shall (insert name of district) be authorized to pledge all or a
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portion of its hospital system revenues and the revenues received
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from the ad valorem tax that was previously approved by the voters
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of the district to the payment of outstanding and future
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combination tax and revenue bonds and other obligations, and debt
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service reserves therefor, that were and will be issued and
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executed for the capital purposes of the district's hospital
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system?"] |
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(d) The ballot shall be arranged in a manner that will |
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permit the voters to vote for or against the following summary of |
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the proposition: |
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"Authorizing (insert name of district) to (insert description of |
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proposed district improvement) and to pledge (insert amount of |
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combination tax and revenue bonds or other obligations) for the |
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purpose of financing the proposed hospital district improvement |
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project." ["Authorizing the (insert name of district) to pledge the
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revenues from its hospital system and from the ad valorem tax that
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was previously approved by the voters to the payment of combination
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tax and revenue bonds and other obligations that have been and will
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be issued and executed for the capital purposes of the hospital
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system."] |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the election was ordered, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1366 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1366 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |