By: Heflin H.B. No. 2614
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to county general revenue levy for indigent health care.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection 61.002 (5)(A), Health and Safety
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (A)  The property taxes imposed by a county that are not
  dedicated to the construction and maintenance of farm-to-market
  roads or to flood control under Article VIII, Section 1-a, of the
  Texas Constitution or that are not dedicated to further maintenance
  of the public roads under ARTICLE VIII, Section 9, of the Texas
  Constitution or that are not dedicated to the payment of principal
  or interest on county debt; and
         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.