78R10043 DRH-D


By:  Hope, et al.                                                 H.B. No. 1251

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1251:                                   

By:  Chisum                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 1251



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to calling an election to dissolve the Montgomery County 
Hospital District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 23B(a) and (d), Chapter 258, Acts of the 
65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, are amended to read as 
follows:
	(a)  The board of directors shall order an election on the 
question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's 
assets and obligations if the board of directors receives a 
petition requesting an election that is signed by a number of 
residents of the district equal to at least 15 percent of the total 
vote received by all candidates for governor in the most recent 
gubernatorial general election [registered voters] in the district 
that occurs more than 30 days before the date the petition is 
submitted to the board.  If a petition submitted under this 
subsection does not contain the necessary number of valid 
signatures, a petition submitted under this subsection before the 
third anniversary of the date the invalid petition was submitted 
has no effect.
	(d)  If a majority of the votes in the election favor 
dissolution, the board of directors shall find that the district is 
dissolved.  If less than a majority of the votes in the election [do 
not] favor dissolution, the board of directors shall continue to 
administer the district and another election on the question of 
dissolution may not be held before the third [fourth] anniversary 
of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2004, and 
applies only to a petition requesting the dissolution of the 
district filed on or after that date.