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HB 953: 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; terminating 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 combining of certain hospital districts; requires certain public hospitals to prepare economic analysis; provides requirements for such analysis; prohibits hospital district from levying property tax without referendum of electors pursuant to act; provides referendum requirement for property tax levy contingent upon future government-subsidized health care funding.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/2015 House • Filed
3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 79
• Referred to Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 79
4/28/2015 House • Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee