(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all property in the district subject to district taxation.(b) The maximum tax rate may not be increased unless the increase is approved by a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.(c) The board shall give notice of the election in the manner provided for a bond election under Section 1116.203.(d) The election order must provide for clerks as in county elections and must state:(1) the date of the election;(2) the location of the polling places;(3) the form of the ballot; and(4) the presiding judge and alternate judge for each polling place.(e) The ballot for an election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: 'The imposition of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on the $100 valuation on all property in the district subject to hospital district taxation.'(f) The board shall declare the results of the election.(g) An election to increase the maximum tax rate may not be held under this section before the first

ict subject to hospital district taxation.'(f) The board shall declare the results of the election.(g) An election to increase the maximum tax rate may not be held under this section before the first anniversary of the date of any preceding election on the same proposition.(h) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2015.