By Longoria                                           H.B. No. 2383
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to county participation in the election of the board of
    1-3  directors for an appraisal district.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Title 1, Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Section
    1-6  6.03(d), Tax Code, is amended by adding the following:
    1-7  For a county, the total dollar amount of property taxes imposed in
    1-8  the county by the unit is considered to be the sum of the taxes
    1-9  imposed by the county and the sum of any taxes imposed by a
   1-10  hospital district if the commissioners court sets or approves the
   1-11  tax rate of the hospital district.
   1-12        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.