The Florida Senate

HB 953: Hospital Districts

GENERAL BILL by Costello

Hospital Districts; Defines "hospital district"; requires decennial reauthorization of taxing authority of certain hospital districts; prohibits hospital districts from levying property tax without consent of electors residing within hospital district; terminating taxing authority of hospital district if referenda are not approved by majority vote of electors; provides for allocation of hospital district assets & liabilities; provides requirements for creation, expansion, or combining of certain hospital districts; requires certain public hospitals to prepare economic analysis; provides requirements for such analysis; prohibits hospital district from levying property tax without referendum of electors pursuant to act; provides referendum requirement for property tax levy contingent upon future government-subsidized health care funding.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/24/2015	House	• Filed
  3/3/2015	House	• Introduced -HJ 79 • Referred to Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 79
  4/28/2015	House	• Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee

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• HB 953, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/24/2015 at 8:46 AM

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  Analyses:	None

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