Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 122.002 — HEALTH UNIT IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 22,000
HS § 122.002Title 2. HEALTH · Part F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Ch. 122. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 22,000 may impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed five cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the county for:
(1)the creation of a county health unit;
(2)vaccines and medical services required to immunize schoolchildren and indigent persons from communicable diseases; and
(3)medical treatment for indigent persons who are not entitled to treatment under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).
(b)This section is effective for a county only if it is approved by a majority of the voters of the county at an election called for that purpose by the commissioners court on receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the property taxpaying voters in the county.
(c)The commissioners court may pay not more than half of the costs of medical treatment and immunization for an indigent person who is not entitled to treatment under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.