BILL NUMBER: SB 198	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cogdill

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2009

   An act to amend Section 32130 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 198, as introduced, Cogdill. Health care districts: John C.
Fremont Health Care District.
   Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, provides for the
formation of local health care districts and specifies district
powers. Existing law authorizes health care districts to borrow money
and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85% of all
estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year. Existing
law also requires the money borrowed and indebtedness incurred to be
repaid within the same fiscal year.
   This bill would authorize the John C. Fremont Health Care District
to borrow money and incur indebtedness without being subject to the
above-described provisions of existing law.
   This bill would also state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 32130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   32130.   (a)    A district may borrow money and
incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all
estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year, including,
but not limited to, tax revenues, operating income, and any other
miscellaneous income received by the district, from whatever source
derived. The money borrowed and indebtedness incurred under this
 section   subdivision  shall be repaid
within the same fiscal year. 
   (b) The John C. Fremont Health Care District may borrow money and
incur indebtedness without being subject to subdivision (a). 
  SEC. 2.  Due to the unique circumstances concerning the John C.
Fremont Health Care District within Mariposa County, the Legislature
finds and declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable
within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution. Therefore, this act is necessarily applicable only to
the John C. Fremont Health Care District.