H.B. No. 1307

	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1307 was passed by the House on April
	30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1307 was passed by the Senate on May
	27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor