Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1017 - Culberson County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1017.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
- Texas Section 1017.002 - Authority For Operation
The district operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 1017.003 - Essential Public Function
The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
- Texas Section 1017.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Culberson County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
- Texas Section 1017.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
Sec. 1017.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.The state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1017.006 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
Sec. 1017.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added...
- Texas Section 1017.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless four-year...
- Texas Section 1017.052 - Notice Of Election
At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper with...
- Texas Section 1017.053 - Ballot Petition
A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a...
- Texas Section 1017.054 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a district resident; and (2)...
- Texas Section 1017.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond
(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
- Texas Section 1017.056 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 1017.057 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
- Texas Section 1017.058 - Compensation; Expenses
A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
- Texas Section 1017.059 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1017.060 - District Administrator
(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled...
- Texas Section 1017.061 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
- Texas Section 1017.062 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as: (1) the assistant district administrator; and (2) the attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator...
- Texas Section 1017.063 - Appointments And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1017.064 - Retirement Benefits
The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in: (A) the Texas County...
- Texas Section 1017.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating hospital facilities; and (2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1017.102 - Restriction On Culberson County Taxation And Debt
Culberson County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents. Added...
- Texas Section 1017.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
- Texas Section 1017.104 - Rules
The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff...
- Texas Section 1017.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
- Texas Section 1017.106 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1017.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system and the type of equipment necessary...
- Texas Section 1017.108 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
- Texas Section 1017.109 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any...
- Texas Section 1017.110 - Gifts And Endowments
The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or...
- Texas Section 1017.111 - Construction Contracts
(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of...
- Texas Section 1017.112 - Operating And Management Contracts
The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a hospital facility for the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1017.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Services
The board may contract with a political subdivision of the state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish a...
- Texas Section 1017.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry...
- Texas Section 1017.115 - Reimbursement For Service
(a) The board shall require a county or municipality located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCE PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1017.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
- Texas Section 1017.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a...
- Texas Section 1017.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper...
- Texas Section 1017.153 - Amendments To Budget
After adoption, the annual budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
- Texas Section 1017.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1017.155 - Fiscal Year
(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period that...
- Texas Section 1017.156 - Annual Audit
The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
- Texas Section 1017.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2007,...
- Texas Section 1017.158 - Financial Report
As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a sworn statement of the...
- Texas Section 1017.159 - Depository
(a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as...
- Texas Section 1017.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
(a) Except as provided by this section and Sections 1017.063(d), 1017.111, 1017.201, 1017.204, and 1017.205, the district may not incur a debt payable from district...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1017.161 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
(a) The board may borrow money at a rate of not more than 10 percent a year on district notes to pay the obligations if...
- Texas Section 1017.201 - General Obligation Bonds
If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the...
- Texas Section 1017.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1017.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
- Texas Section 1017.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters. (b) The board may...
- Texas Section 1017.204 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
- Texas Section 1017.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
- Texas Section 1017.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
- Texas Section 1017.207 - Execution Of Bonds
(a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...
SUBCHAPTER F AD VALOREM TAX
- Texas Section 1017.208 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2) any transaction...
- Texas Section 1017.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to pay:...
- Texas Section 1017.252 - Tax Rate
(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition...
- Texas Section 1017.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as...
Last modified: September 28, 2016