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Senate Bill 1107 |
Senate Author: Watson |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 1107 amends provisions of the Government Code, Health and Safety Code, and Occupations Code relating to certain hospital districts. The bill authorizes an employee of a hospital district created in a county with a population of more than 800,000 that was not included in the boundaries of another hospital district before September 1, 2003, a charitable organization created by such a hospital district, or certain administrative agencies created for the purpose of supervising interlocal contracts, to combine service credit to determine whether the employee meets the length-of-service requirement under the employee's municipal retirement system. The bill adds such a hospital district to the list of entities authorized to issue revenue anticipation notes by including such a district in the definition of "eligible countywide district." The bill authorizes such a district to affiliate with any public or private entity to provide regional health care services for the indigent, employ health care providers under certain conditions, contract for services, and hold an election to approve a property tax rate in excess of the district's rollback tax rate. The bill repeals state law that prohibited such a district from imposing a sales and use tax.