Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
Subtitle D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS |
Chapter 283. OPTIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT LAW OF 1957 |
Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 283.044. LIMITATION ON TAXING POWER BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY; DISPOSITION OF DELINQUENT TAXES
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(a) On or after the creation of the district, the county or a municipality located in the district may not levy taxes for hospital purposes.
(b) The county or a municipality located in the district that collects delinquent taxes owed to the county or municipality on levies for county and municipal hospital systems or for the payment of bonds issued for the systems shall pay the amount of the collected delinquent taxes to the district, and the district shall apply that money to the purposes for which the taxes were originally levied.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.