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By:  Solis                                                        H.B. No. 3367



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation and operation of health services 
districts.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Amend Section 287.150, Health and Safety Code, 
to read as follows:
	Section 287.021.  CREATION BY RESOLUTION OR CONCURRENT 
ORDERS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county or a 
hospital district [and one or more other counties or hospital 
districts] may create a health services district by adopting a 
resolution.  A county or hospital district and one or more other 
counties or hospital districts may create a health services 
district by adopting concurrent orders.
	(b)  A county or portion of a county that is in the boundaries 
of a hospital district may not be a party to the creation of a health 
services district or to a contract with a health services district.  
The hospital district that serves the county or portion of the 
county may create and contract with the health services district 
for the boundaries of the hospital district.
	(c)  A concurrent order to create a health services district 
must:           
		(1)  be approved by the governing body of each creating 
county and hospital district;
		(2)  contain identical provisions;  and                                       
		(3)  define the boundaries of the district to be 
coextensive with the combined boundaries of each creating county 
and hospital district.
	(d)  A concurrent order to create a health services district 
adopted by a hospital district for which the tax rate is set by the 
commissioners court of the county in which the hospital district 
operates must be approved by the commissioners court of that 
county.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Section 287.150 to read as follows:
	Section 287.150.  WITHDRAWAL OF COUNTY FROM A DISTRICT.  (a)  
A county may withdrawal from a health services district created and 
established under this Chapter.  A withdrawal by a county from a 
health services district becomes effective immediately upon the 
adoption of a resolution to that effect by the commissioners court 
of that county.  Upon a withdrawal by a county from a health 
services district in accordance with this section:
		(1)  all unexpended funds contributed to or held by the 
district from the withdrawing county shall be immediately returned 
or credited to the withdrawing county; and
		(2)  the withdrawing county may create or establish a 
health services district in accordance with this Chapter.
	(b)  The withdrawal of a county from a health services 
district does not dissolve a district, and a district created and 
established under this Chapter retains the powers and duties 
granted by this Chapter.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.