BILL NUMBER: AB 72	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Bonta
    and Atkins  
Member   Bonta 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Hancock
  ) 

                        DECEMBER 18, 2014

   An act to add  and repeal  Article 4 (commencing with
Section 32250)  to  of  Chapter 3 of
Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care
 districts.   districts, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 72, as amended, Bonta. Eden Township Healthcare District:
special taxes: authorization.
   Existing law provides for the formation of local health care
districts and specifies district powers. The California Constitution
prohibits the Legislature from imposing taxes for local purposes, but
allows the Legislature to authorize local governments to impose
them.
   This  bill   bill, until January 1, 2026,
 would authorize the Eden Township Healthcare District to impose
special taxes, as provided.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Eden Township Healthcare
District. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 4 (commencing with Section 32250) is added to
Chapter 3 of Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      Article 4.  Special Taxes


   32250.  (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A and Article
XIII C of the California Constitution, the Eden Township Healthcare
District may impose special taxes within the district pursuant to the
procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the
Government Code and any other applicable procedures provided by law.
 The board of directors shall determine the basis and nature of a
special tax and its manner of collection. 
   (b) For purposes of this section, "special taxes" means special
taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property
within the district. 
   (c) It is the intent of the legislature that funds from a tax
enacted pursuant to this section be used to support the purposes of
the district, including support of nonprofit and public hospitals and
other health care providers in the communities served by the
district.  
   32251.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2026, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances of the Eden Township Healthcare
District.
   SEC. 3.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to ensure that the residents of the Eden Township
Healthcare District have continued access to critical health care
services, it is necessary that this measure take effect immediately.