The Florida Senate

HB 477: 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; terminates 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 combination of certain hospital districts; requires certain public hospitals to prepare economic analysis; specifies that hospital taxing district taxes be paid to district rather than community redevelopment area.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/29/2015	House	• Filed
  11/5/2015	House	• Referred to Local Government Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Local and Federal Affairs Committee -HJ 42
  1/12/2016	House	• Introduced -HJ 42
  3/11/2016	House	• Died in Local Government Affairs Subcommittee

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• HB 477, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/29/2015 at 11:49 AM

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  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 614	Hospital Districts	Hutson	Compare	Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Community Affairs Location: In committee/council (CA)

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