{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.133","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.133","heading":"BALLOT PROPOSITIONS.","body":"(a) The ballot for the election held to determine the question of conversion of a district created under this chapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: \"The conversion of the hospital district from a district operated under the Optional Hospital District Law of 1957 to a district operated under Chapter 281, Health and Safety Code, and the levy of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the district.\"\n(b) The ballot for an election held to determine the question of conversion of a district created in accordance with Chapter 281, if no bonds issued by the district are outstanding, shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: \"The conversion of the hospital district from a district operated under Chapter 281, Health and Safety Code, to a district operated under the Optional Hospital District Law of 1957, and the levy of a tax not to exceed (the amount determined by the commissioners court in the election order) on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the district.\"\n(c) The ballot for an election held to determine the question of conversion of a district created in accordance with Chapter 281, if bonds issued by the district are outstanding, shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: \"The conversion of the hospital district from a district operated under Chapter 281, Health and Safety Code, to a district operated under the Optional Hospital District Law of 1957, and the levy of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the district until presently outstanding bonds issued by the district have been retired, and thereafter the levy of a tax not to exceed (the amount determined by the commissioners court in the election order) on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the district.\"\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 283. OPTIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT LAW OF 1957","SUBCHAPTER H. DISTRICT CONVERSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.283.htm#283.133","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7f8e957110dec7ab337f3b56c1e9701b3a02d28385ecee3223ed0e69fe416e64","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.132","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}