Texas Health and Safety Code 281.107 – Alternative Financing and Election Procedures
(a) This section is applicable to any hospital district that was created pursuant to the authority granted by § 4, Article IX, Texas Constitution, is operating under this chapter, and has previously held an election at which the voters approved the levy and assessment of an ad valorem tax at a rate not greater than 75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district.
(b) The commissioners court may, in the district’s name, call, order, and hold an election and submit thereat the proposition and ballot prescribed in Subsections (c) and (d) if the district’s board of managers:
(1) finds that capital funds are needed to acquire, construct, equip, and improve the district’s hospital system;
(2) finds that financing such improvements through the issuance of combination tax and revenue bonds or other obligations is the best available method to provide the capital funds that are needed to furnish the highest quality of medical treatment and hospital care to persons residing in the district; and
(3) requests that the commissioners court call and hold an election under the alternative procedures authorized by this section.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 281.107
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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).
(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: