Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.004
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§ 282.004. PETITION FOR ELECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) To propose the establishment of a district:
(1) a petition for a creation election signed by at least five percent of the qualified property taxpaying voters of the area of the proposed district must be presented to the commissioners court; and
(2) $200 in cash must be deposited with the county clerk at the time of the presentation of the petition.
(b) The petition must state:
(1) the boundaries of the proposed district;
(2) the public necessity for the proposed district; and
(3) the name of the proposed district which includes the county name.
(c) The petition may include a request for the commissioners court to provide on the ballot at the creation election for voting for or against:
(1) imposing a tax to provide funds to construct, equip, maintain, or purchase hospital buildings or land for the district; or
(2) the issuance of bonds to acquire sites for and to construct hospital buildings and imposing a tax at the rate necessary to create an interest and sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
(1) a petition for a creation election signed by at least five percent of the qualified property taxpaying voters of the area of the proposed district must be presented to the commissioners court; and
(2) $200 in cash must be deposited with the county clerk at the time of the presentation of the petition.
(b) The petition must state:
(1) the boundaries of the proposed district;
(2) the public necessity for the proposed district; and
(3) the name of the proposed district which includes the county name.
(c) The petition may include a request for the commissioners court to provide on the ballot at the creation election for voting for or against:
(1) imposing a tax to provide funds to construct, equip, maintain, or purchase hospital buildings or land for the district; or
(2) the issuance of bonds to acquire sites for and to construct hospital buildings and imposing a tax at the rate necessary to create an interest and sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
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