HBA-MPA H.B. 962 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 962 By: Jones, Delwin County Affairs 2/24/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Lubbock County Hospital District owns and operates a hospital that is a teaching facility for Texas Tech Medical School, and which also operates as a charity hospital offering indigent care. H.B. 962 provides that before this facility can be sold or leased to another party a vote of the people in the district will be required. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 10, Chapter 484, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, to make a conforming change, relative to SECTION 2 of this bill. SECTION 2. Amends Chapter 484, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, by adding Section 10A, as follows: Sec. 10A. SALE OR LEASE OF CERTAIN FACILITY; ELECTION. (a) Authorizes the board of managers of the Lubbock County Hospital District (board), by resolution and with the approval of the commissioners court, to order the lease or sale of a facility owned and operated by the hospital district as a teaching hospital located on the campus of Texas Tech University, contingent on voter approval in an election called and held for that purpose. Provides that the resolution must include a finding by the board that the lease or sale is in the best interests of the residents of the hospital district. Requires the Commissioners Court of Lubbock County to order the election as soon as possible after adoption of the board's resolution. (b) Requires that the election be held on the first authorized uniform election date that occurs after the 45th day after the date the election is ordered. (c) Requires the ballot to be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition and provides model language. (d) Authorizes the board to sell or lease the facility only if the majority of votes cast in the election approve that action. (e) Prohibits another election on the lease or sale of the facility from being held within one year of the election, if the majority of votes cast at the previous election did not support that action. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.