S.B. No. 1472 AN ACT 1-1 relating to the authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District 1-2 to render primary care, emergency services, preventive medicine 1-3 services, and other health-related services. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 484, Acts of the 60th 1-6 Legislature, 1967, is amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 3. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT. The district authorized to be 1-8 created by this Act is charged with the responsibility of 1-9 establishing a hospital or a hospital system, including medical 1-10 facilities or other health facilities, within its boundaries to 1-11 furnish hospital and medical care to the residents of the district. 1-12 After this district is created as provided in Section 4 of this 1-13 Act, no other municipality or political subdivision shall have the 1-14 power to levy taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for 1-15 hospital purposes or for providing medical care within the 1-16 boundaries of the district. This district shall provide all 1-17 necessary medical and hospital care for the needy inhabitants of 1-18 the district. The district, subject to the approval of the Lubbock 1-19 County Commissioners Court, may render primary care, emergency 1-20 services, preventive medicine services, and other health-related 1-21 services outside the district, provided that these activities meet 1-22 the purpose of the district as established by this section. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.