By: Jackson, Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 1366
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
  May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2009, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to ballot language in an election authorizing the issuance
  of bonds for hospital district system improvements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 281.107(c) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The official proposition submitted to the voters at an
  election held under this section shall include, at a minimum, the
  information included in the election order as prescribed by
  Subsection (e). [read substantially as follows:
  ["PROPOSITION
  ["Shall (insert name of district) be authorized to pledge all or a
  portion of its hospital system revenues and the revenues received
  from the ad valorem tax that was previously approved by the voters
  of the district to the payment of outstanding and future
  combination tax and revenue bonds and other obligations, and debt
  service reserves therefor, that were and will be issued and
  executed for the capital purposes of the district's hospital
  system?"]
         (d)  The ballot shall be arranged in a manner that will
  permit the voters to vote for or against the following summary of
  the proposition:
  "Authorizing (insert name of district) to (insert description of
  proposed district improvement) and to pledge (insert amount of
  combination tax and revenue bonds or other obligations) for the
  purpose of financing the proposed hospital district improvement
  project." ["Authorizing the (insert name of district) to pledge the
  revenues from its hospital system and from the ad valorem tax that
  was previously approved by the voters to the payment of combination
  tax and revenue bonds and other obligations that have been and will
  be issued and executed for the capital purposes of the hospital
  system."]
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the election was ordered, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         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, 2009.
 
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