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HB 477: Hospital Districts

GENERAL BILL by Costello

Hospital Districts; Defines "hospital district"; requires decennial reauthorization of taxing authority of certain hospital districts; prohibits hospital districts from levying property tax without consent of electors residing within hospital district; terminates taxing authority of hospital district if referenda are not approved by majority vote of electors; provides for allocation of hospital district assets & liabilities; provides requirements for creation, expansion, or combination of certain hospital districts; requires certain public hospitals to prepare economic analysis; specifies that hospital taxing district taxes be paid to district rather than community redevelopment area.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/29/2015 House • Filed
11/5/2015 House • Referred to Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 42
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 42
3/11/2016 House • Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee