General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: XXXVIII
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CONSTITUTION
The Legislature may enact any laws not inconsistent with this Sec-
tion which it may deem necessary to permit said counties to implement,
enforce and administer the provisions contained herein.
Should the Legislature enact legislation in anticipation of the adop-
tion of this amendment, such legislation shall not be invalid by reason of
its anticipatory character.
(Voted by electors November 6, 1962, and adopted by a vote of 532,532 to 492,226.)
9. Hospital districts; creation, operation, powers and duties
Sec. 9. The Legislature may by law provide for the creation, es-
tablishment, maintenance and operation of hospital districts composed
of one or more counties or all or any part of one or more counties with
power to issue bonds for the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair
or renovation of buildings and improvements and equipping same, for hos-
pital purposes; providing for the transfer to the hospital district of the
title to any land, buildings, improvements and equipment located wholly
within the district which may be jointly or separately owned by any city,
town or county, providing that any district so created shall assume full
responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for its needy inhab-
itants and assume the outstanding indebtedness incurred by cities, towns
and counties for hospital purposes prior to the creation of the district, if
same are located wholly within its boundaries, and a pro rata portion of
such indebtedness based upon the then last approved tax assessment rolls
of the included cities, towns and counties if less than all the territory
thereof is included within the district boundaries; providing that after
its creation no other municipality or political subdivision shall have the
power to levy taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital pur-
poses or for providing medical care within the boundaries of the district;
providing for the levy of annual taxes at a rate not to exceed seventy-five
cents (75) on the one hundred dollar valuation of all taxable property
within such district for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the
district's bonds, the indebtedness assumed by it and its maintenance and
operating expenses, providing that such district shall not be created or
such tax authorized unless approved by a majority of the qualified prop-
erty taxpaying electors thereof voting at an election called for the pur-
pose; and providing further that the support and maintenance of the
district's hospital system shall never become a charge against or obliga-
tion of the State of Texas nor shall any direct appropriation be made by
the Legislature for the construction, maintenance or improvement of any
of the facilities of such district.
Provided, however, that no district shall be created except by act of
the Legislature and then only after thirty (30) days' public notice to the
district affected, and in no event may the Legislature provide for a district
to be created without the affirmative vote of a majority of the taxpaying
voters in the district concerned.
(Voted by electors November 6, 1962, and approved by a vote of 523,767 to 512,526.)
11. Hospital districts; Ochiltree, Castro, Hansford and Hopkins
counties; creation; taxes
Sec. 11. The Legislature may by law authorize the creation of
hospital districts in Ochiltree, Castro, Hansford and Hopkins Counties,
each district to be coextensive with the limits of such county.
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/334/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.