Bill Text: TX HJR55 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a hospital district from using tax revenue to finance the performance of an abortion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-24 - No action taken in committee [HJR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HJR55-Introduced.html
| 82R3650 CJC-D | ||
| By: Christian | H.J.R. No. 55 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a hospital | ||
| district from using tax revenue to finance the performance of an | ||
| abortion. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 9A, Article IX, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 9A. (a) The legislature by law may determine the | ||
| health care services a hospital district is required to provide, | ||
| the requirements a resident must meet to qualify for services, and | ||
| any other relevant provisions necessary to regulate the provision | ||
| of health care to residents. | ||
| (b) A hospital district may not use tax revenue of the | ||
| district to finance the performance of an abortion. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to prohibit a hospital | ||
| district from using tax revenue to finance the performance of an | ||
| abortion." | ||
