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House Bill 192 |
House Author: Eissler |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Williams |
House Bill 192 provides that a petition to require an election to reduce the Montgomery County Hospital District's tax rate to the rollback tax rate or to request an election to dissolve the district must be submitted to the Montgomery County elections administrator rather than to the district's board of directors, as required under previous law. The bill requires the elections administrator, no later than the 20th day after receiving a petition for a tax rate rollback or the 30th day after receiving a petition to dissolve the district, to determine the petition's validity and to certify that determination to the district's board. If the elections administrator does not act within the required time, the petition is treated as valid. The bill requires the board, upon receipt of a valid petition, to order an election and requires the district to reimburse the elections administrator for duties performed in the petition process.