32200-32205

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 32200-32205




32200.  Any district formed pursuant to this division may be
financed by assessment on real and personal property within the
district, pursuant to this chapter.



32202.  The board of supervisors shall thereupon levy upon the
taxable property of the district within its own county a tax
sufficient in amount to maintain the district but not to exceed the
twenty-cent ($0.20) limit provided in Section 32203 and, in addition,
a tax sufficient to pay the interest on all outstanding bonds of
said district as the same becomes due, and also to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity,
and a tax sufficient to pay rentals and all other sums due or payable
under any agreement for the construction and leasing or purchasing
of any hospital buildings or facilities entered into by the district
pursuant to Section 32135 prior to January 1, 1959. If the district
embraces territory lying in more than one county, the amount
estimated shall be ratably apportioned among the several counties in
the district in proportion to the assessed value of the property in
the several counties included within said district as shown upon the
last assessment rolls of the said counties, and the estimates
apportioned to the several counties shall be rendered to their
respective boards of supervisors and the tax shall be levied and
collected by the officials of each county upon the property of the
district lying therein.



32203.  The tax, exclusive of the levy for the payment of the
principal and interest of bonds and any special assessment voted
hereunder, and exclusive of the levy for the payment of rentals and
all other sums due or payable under any agreement for the
construction and leasing or purchasing of any hospital buildings or
facilities entered into by the district pursuant to Section 32135
prior to January 1, 1959, shall in no case exceed the rate of twenty
cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed
valuation of all taxable property within the district, but it may be
in addition to all other taxes allowed by law to be levied upon such
property.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the board of
directors of the district determines that the tax limit specified in
this section is insufficient to raise enough revenue to maintain the
district, the board may call an election pursuant to Section 32241
for the purpose of determining whether a higher maximum tax rate
specified by the board in its resolution calling the election shall
be established for a period not to exceed five years. If a majority
of the voters voting at such election approve the increased tax
limit, the board of supervisors shall thereupon levy upon the taxable
property of the district within its own county a tax sufficient to
maintain the district as provided in this chapter but not to exceed
the maximum tax rate approved at the election for the period approved
by the voters.


32204.  The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls and
collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered
and collected. Such taxes shall be a lien on the taxable property of
the district and shall be paid with, and not separately from, county
taxes. All moneys so collected shall be paid into the county treasury
or treasuries of the county or counties in which the district lies
and shall be transferred upon order of the district board to the
district and placed in the proper fund or funds of the district;
provided, however, that the proceeds of any tax levied to pay
principal or interest of bonds which is payable at the office of the
treasurer of the organizing county at the option of the holder, or
otherwise, shall be placed in the bond interest and sinking fund of
the district in the treasury of the organizing county.



32205.  An election on the formation of a hospital district in and
around the City of Dos Palos in the County of Merced, may be combined
with an election for the adoption of a special tax pursuant to
Article XIII A of the California Constitution and Article 3.5
(commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1
of Title 5 of the Government Code, consistent with Article 3.7
(commencing with Section 53720) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2
of Title 5 of the Government Code, and presented to the voters as a
single ballot proposition. If both proposals are presented as a
single ballot proposition, the proposed hospital district shall not
be created, and the special tax shall not take effect, unless the
proposition is approved by two-thirds of the voters voting upon the
proposition.