78R6445 DRH-D

By:  Hope                                                         H.B. No. 1251



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements of a petition to dissolve the 
Montgomery County Hospital District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 23B(a), Chapter 258, Acts of the 65th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is 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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a petition requesting the dissolution of the 
district filed on or after that date.