By: Fraser, Seliger  S.B. No. 1972
         (In the Senate - Filed March 27, 2007; March 27, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; May 7, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 7, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the election by voters regarding the maximum tax rate of
  a hospital district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 285.231, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit
  voting for or against the proposition:  "The increase by the
  _______________ (name of district) Hospital District of the maximum 
  rate of annual taxes imposed for hospital purposes to a rate not to
  exceed _______________ (insert the amount prescribed by the
  petition, not to exceed 75 cents) on each $100 valuation of all
  taxable property in the district."
         SECTION 2.  Section 285.232, Health and Safety Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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