HBA-TBM C.S.H.B. 3680 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3680 By: Miller County Affairs 4/22/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Comanche County is currently served by both the DeLeon Hospital District and the Comanche County Hospital District. Under current law, the boards of directors of the two districts are authorized to order an election regarding the dissolution of their respective districts, the creation of the Leon Valley Hospital District, and the transfer of all assets, debts, and obligations of the dissolved districts to the created district. Many of the statutes that would have governed the Leon Valley Hospital District upon its creation have since been updated. C.S.H.B. 3680 provides for the dissolution of the two districts and the creation of the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District subject to voter approval. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 3680 amends law to authorize the boards of directors of the DeLeon Hospital District and the Comanche County Hospital District with the approval of the voting public to create the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District rather than the Leon Valley Hospital District, and transfer all assets, debts, and obligations of the districts to the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District. The bill modifies provisions regarding the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District relating to the boundaries, elections, directors, and bonds. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 3680 differs from the original by naming six rather than five temporary directors of the Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District.