HB467 - Relating to the procedure for the dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District and the disposition of district money.

      H.B. No. 467         AN ACT   relating to the procedure for the dissolution of the Cedar Creek   Hospital District and the disposition of district money.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 22, Chapter 22, Acts of the 63rd   Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 22.  Except as provided by Sections [ Section ] 21A(c)   and 21C(c) , any election held under this Act shall be in accordance   with the Texas Election Code as it presently exists, and is   hereafter amended and any final court decision or decisions   construing such election code.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 22, Acts of the 63rd Legislature,   Regular Session, 1973, is amended by adding Section 21C to read as   follows:           Sec.   21C.     (a) The district may be dissolved as provided by   this section only if:                 (1)     the district is not providing or paying for the   provision of medical or hospital care;                 (2)     all positions on the board of directors of the   district are vacant;                 (3)  the district has no outstanding indebtedness; and                 (4)  the only remaining asset of the district is money.           (b)     The county judges of Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Henderson   Counties may jointly agree to order an election on the question of   dissolving the district and using any remaining district money to   establish and administer the scholarship described by Subsection   (g) of this section.           (c)     Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an   election held under this section.           (d)     The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit   voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the   Cedar Creek Hospital District and the use of district money to   establish and administer the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing   Scholarship."           (e)     If a majority of the votes cast in the election do not   favor the proposition, the county judges of Kaufman, Van Zandt, and   Henderson Counties may not take any additional action under this   section.           (f)     If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the   proposition:                 (1)     the county judges of Kaufman, Van Zandt, and   Henderson Counties shall:                       (A)  find that the district is dissolved; and                       (B)     transfer the district money in equal shares   to Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Henderson Counties for the purpose of   establishing and administering the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing   Scholarship in accordance with Subsection (g) of this section; and                 (2)     not later than the 10th day after the date the   commissioners courts of Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Henderson Counties   determine that the requirements of Subdivision (1) of this   subsection have been met, the commissioners courts of the counties   shall enter orders dissolving the district.           (g)     The county judges of Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Henderson   Counties shall use the money transferred under Subsection (f) of   this section to jointly establish and administer the Andrew Gibbs   Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The counties shall jointly establish   an oversight committee to administer the scholarship. The   oversight committee may establish eligibility criteria and   procedures for the application and selection process, provided that   the eligibility criteria must require an individual receiving a   scholarship to:                 (1)     reside in the boundaries of the district, as those   boundaries existed on the date of the election described by   Subsection (b) of this section, at the time the individual is   accepted for admission to a nursing education program at an   institution of higher education in this state; and                 (2)     be currently enrolled in, or have been accepted   for admission to, a nursing education program described by   Subdivision (1) of this subsection.           (h)     The county judges and the oversight committee   established under Subsection (g) may collaborate with an   institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003,   Education Code, located in the boundaries of the district as   described by Subsection (g) for the purposes of establishing and   administering the scholarship.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 467 was passed by the House on April   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 467 was passed by the Senate on May 9,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor