Bill Text: TX HB1618 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the number of signatures required on a petition filed in connection with an election to create certain hospital districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1618-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1618 | ||
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| relating to the number of signatures required on a petition filed in | ||
| connection with an election to create certain hospital districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 286.021(a) and (b), Health and Safety | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Before a district located wholly in one county may be | ||
| created, the county judge of that county must receive a petition | ||
| signed by the greater of: | ||
| (1) at least three percent of the registered voters of | ||
| the territory of the proposed district; or | ||
| (2) 100 registered voters of the territory of the | ||
| proposed district. | ||
| (b) Before a district that contains territory located in | ||
| more than one county may be created, the county judge of each county | ||
| in which the proposed district will be located must receive a | ||
| petition signed by the greater of: | ||
| (1) at least three percent of the registered voters of | ||
| the territory of the county in which the judge presides and of the | ||
| proposed district; or | ||
| (2) 100 registered voters of the territory of the | ||
| county in which the judge presides and of the proposed district. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a petition filed under Section 286.021, Health and Safety Code, | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed under | ||
| that section before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1618 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1618 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
