1-1     By:  Turner of Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Madla)        H.B. No. 182
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the tax rate of the Sutton County Hospital District.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.   Sections 7.05(a) and (c), Chapter 1047, Acts of
1-12     the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, are amended to read as
1-13     follows:
1-14           (a)  The board may order an election on the question of
1-15     increasing the district's maximum tax rate to 75 [35] cents on each
1-16     $100 of valuation on all taxable property in the district.  The
1-17     board shall order an election on this question if the board
1-18     receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at
1-19     least 15 percent of the registered voters in the district.
1-20           (c)  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit
1-21     voting for or against the proposition:  "The levy of annual taxes
1-22     by the district for hospital purposes at a rate not to exceed 75
1-23     [35] cents on the $100 valuation of all taxable property in the
1-24     district."  The election shall be held in accordance with the
1-25     applicable provisions of the Election Code.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately.
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