ESTABLISHING OR ENLARGING HOSPITAL ON PETITION; SUBMISSION OF BOND PROPOSITION

(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish a county hospital or any medical or other health facility or enlarge an existing hospital or facility for the care and treatment of persons who are sick or injured in accordance with this subchapter. (b) Ten percent or more of the qualified property taxpaying voters of a county may petition the commissioners court of the county to establish or enlarge a county hospital or any medical or other health facility. (c) A petition may not be presented to the commissioners court during the 12-month period succeeding the date on which a petition under this section was last presented to the court unless the county does not own a hospital. (d) On proper petition, the commissioners court shall, within the period designated in the petition, submit to the qualified voters of the county at a special or regular election the proposition of issuing bonds in the amount designated in the petition to establish or enlarge the hospital or facility. (e) The commissioners court may not submit to the voters a bond proposition to establish or enlarge a county hospital or facility more than twice during any 12-month period.