Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 265.045 — NOTICE; PETITION FOR ELECTION

HS § 265.045Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part C. LOCAL HOSPITALS · Ch. 265. JOINT MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY HOSPITALS · Art. D. JOINT COUNTY-MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARDS

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(a)Before the directors authorize the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the directors shall prepare and publish a notice of:

(1)its intention to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds;

(2)the date it intends to adopt the resolution; and

(3)the maximum amount and maximum maturity of the bonds.

(b)The notice must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and the municipality. The first notice must be published not later than the 15th day before the date set for adopting the bond resolution.

(c)A petition requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the bonds may be presented to the hospital board secretary before the date set for adoption of the bond resolution. The petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters residing in the county and in any part of the municipality that is not in the county.

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.260, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.