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78R3428 KEG-D

By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 294



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Harris County Commissioners Court 
and the board of the Harris County Hospital District to take certain 
actions relating to ad valorem taxes imposed for the benefit of the 
Harris County Hospital District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 281, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.096 to read as follows:
	Sec. 281.096.  AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTIONS RELATING TO AD 
VALOREM TAXES.  (a)  With respect to the imposition or collection of 
an ad valorem tax imposed for the benefit of the Harris County 
Hospital District, the Harris County Commissioners Court has the 
authority assigned by law to the governing body of a hospital 
district, including the authority to:
		(1)  adopt an exemption or partial exemption or grant 
an abatement or other form of relief from an ad valorem tax; and
		(2)  elect to tax property that would otherwise be 
exempt from an ad valorem tax.
	(b)  The board of the Harris County Hospital District may not 
exercise a power granted by Subsection (a) to the Harris County 
Commissioners Court with respect to the imposition or collection of 
an ad valorem tax imposed for the benefit of the Harris County 
Hospital District.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to an application for an exemption, partial exemption, 
abatement, or other form of ad valorem tax relief filed on or after 
that date.  An application filed before that date is governed by the 
law in effect on the date the application was filed, and that law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.