Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1097 - South Wheeler County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1097.001 - 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 1097.002 - Authority For Creation
The South Wheeler County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties...
- Texas Section 1097.003 - Essential Public Function
The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1097.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 3 and 4 of Wheeler County, Texas, as those boundaries existed...
- Texas Section 1097.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1097.006 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1097.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven directors elected as follows: (1) two directors elected from County Commissioners Precinct 3 by the voters of that precinct;...
- Texas Section 1097.052 - Notice Of Election
At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of...
- Texas Section 1097.053 - 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 1097.054 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person: (1) is a resident of the district; (2) owns property...
- Texas Section 1097.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
- Texas Section 1097.056 - Board Vacancy
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If the number...
- Texas Section 1097.057 - Officers
The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
- Texas Section 1097.058 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
- Texas Section 1097.059 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
- Texas Section 1097.060 - 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 1097.061 - Employees
The board may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of the district or may provide that...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1097.062 - Retirement Program
The board may contract with this state or the federal government to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of the district's employees....
- Texas Section 1097.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of indigent persons; and (2) providing medical and...
- Texas Section 1097.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
A political subdivision located within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes for medical treatment of...
- Texas Section 1097.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
- Texas Section 1097.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping the...
- Texas Section 1097.105 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1097.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and control...
- Texas Section 1097.107 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in...
- Texas Section 1097.108 - Gifts And Endowments
The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and...
- Texas Section 1097.109 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
- Texas Section 1097.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1097.111 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
- Texas Section 1097.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. The budget must be for the fiscal year prescribed by Section...
- Texas Section 1097.152 - Fiscal Year
The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1097.153 - Audit
(a) The district shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. (b) The audit shall be open to inspection at all times at...
- Texas Section 1097.154 - Financial Report
As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1097.155 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be...
- Texas Section 1097.201 - General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose...
- Texas Section 1097.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1097.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
- Texas Section 1097.203 - 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 voting at an election...
- Texas Section 1097.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall attest the bonds. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1097.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bond or other refundable indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1097.206 - 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) the transfer...
- Texas Section 1097.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The district may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to meet...
- Texas Section 1097.252 - Tax Rate
The district may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. Added...
- Texas Section 1097.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
The tax assessor-collector of Wheeler County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
Last modified: September 28, 2016