81R15514 ALB-F

By: Heflin H.B. No. 2614

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2614:

By: Castro C.S.H.B. No. 2614

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a county's general revenue levy for indigent health care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 61.002(5), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

(5) "General revenue levy" means:

(A) the property taxes imposed by a county that are not dedicated to:

(i) the construction and maintenance of farm-to-market roads under Article VIII, Section 1-a, Texas Constitution;

(ii) [or to] flood control under Article VIII, Section 1-a, [of the] Texas Constitution;

(iii) [or that are not dedicated to] the further maintenance of the public roads under Article VIII, Section 9, [of the] Texas Constitution; or

(iv) the payment of principal or interest on county debt; and

(B) the sales and use tax revenue to be received by the county during the calendar year in which the state fiscal year begins under Chapter 323, Tax Code, as determined under Section 26.041(d), Tax Code.

SECTION 2. 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.