Proposition Summary

LOCAL HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. This measure would permit the Legislature, by statute, to authorize local hospital districts to acquire and own stock of corporations engaging in any health care related businesses, as defined by the Legislature. Provides that the district shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities imposed by law upon all other stockholders in those corporations. Provides that the amendments do not repeal or otherwise affect an existing statute denying professional rights, privileges, and powers to corporations and other artificial legal entities. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: This measure has no expected fiscal effect.

Proposition Number

124

Year

1990

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Legislative Vote Results

Final Votes Cast by the Legislature on ACA 29 (Proposition 124) Assembly -- Ayes, 71; Noes, 0 -- Senate -- Ayes, 37; Noes, 0

Popular Vote Results

Y: 3225340; A: 45.84; N: 3815030; B: 54.16

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

For Author

Tim Leslie, Assemblyman, Fifth District; Ron Youngren, President, Association of California Hospital Districts

Against Author

Thomas Tryon, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Calaveras County; Gail Lightfoot, Chair, Libertarian Party of California; Ted Brown, Member, State Executive Committee, Libertarian Party of California

Rebuttal Author

Thomas Tryon, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Calaveras County; Gail Lightfoot, Chair, Libertarian Party of California; Ted Brown, Member, State Executive Committee, Libertarian Party of California

Rebuttal Against Author

Howard S. Brown, M.D.; Frederick A. Groverman, D.V.M.

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