Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 262 - Municipal Hospital Authorities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 262.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Hospital Authority Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 262.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a hospital authority created under this chapter. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority. (3) "Bond"...
• Texas Section 262.003 - Creation
  (a) A governing body may adopt an ordinance creating a hospital authority and designating the name of the authority if the governing body finds that...
• Texas Section 262.004 - Tax Exemption
  The authority's property is exempt from taxation because it is held for public purposes only and devoted exclusively to the use and benefit of the...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 262.005 - Dissolution
  (a) A governing body by ordinance may dissolve an authority created by the governing body if the governing body and the authority provide for the...
• Texas Section 262.011 - Board Of Directors
  (a) The authority is governed by a board of directors with at least seven and not more than 11 members. (b) The number of directors...
• Texas Section 262.012 - Appointment Of Board; Terms Of Office
  (a) The governing body or governing bodies shall appoint the directors of the authority for terms not to exceed two years except as otherwise provided...
• Texas Section 262.013 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice-president, who must be directors; (2) a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required...
• Texas Section 262.014 - Authority Of Board
  (a) Action may be taken by a majority of the directors present if a quorum is present. (b) The president has the same right to...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 262.015 - Compensation
  A director may not receive compensation for services but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,...
• Texas Section 262.021 - General Powers
  (a) The authority has the power of perpetual succession. (b) The authority may: (1) have a seal; (2) sue and be sued; and (3) make,...
• Texas Section 262.022 - Acquisition, Operation, And Lease Of Hospitals
  (a) The authority may construct, purchase, enlarge, furnish, or equip one or more hospitals. A hospital may be located outside the municipality or municipalities. (b)...
• Texas Section 262.0225 - Authority To Borrow Money
  (a) This section applies only to an authority created by a municipality with a population of less than 25,000. (b) The board may, on behalf...
• Texas Section 262.023 - Employees
  (a) The board may employ a manager or executive director of a hospital and other employees, experts, and agents. (b) The board may delegate to...
• Texas Section 262.024 - Management Agreement
  (a) The board may enter into an agreement with any person for the management or operation of a hospital, or part of a hospital, owned...
• Texas Section 262.025 - Committees
  (a) The board, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate one or more committees if authorized to do...
• Texas Section 262.026 - Rates For Hospital Services
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), through charging sufficient rates for services provided by a hospital and through its other revenue sources the board...
• Texas Section 262.027 - Depository
  The authority may: (1) select a depository in the same manner that a municipality may select a depository under Chapter 105, Local Government Code; or...
• Texas Section 262.028 - Eminent Domain
  (a) To carry out a power granted by this chapter, the authority may acquire the fee simple title to land, other property, and easements by...
• Texas Section 262.029 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept gifts and endowments to hold and administer as required by the respective donors. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 262.030 - Medical Records
  (a) The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of the authority is subject to Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code. (b)...
• Texas Section 262.031 - Sale Of Property; General Provisions
  (a) The board may sell, through sealed bids or at a public auction, real property acquired by gift or purchase that the board determines is...
• Texas Section 262.032 - Sale Of Property To Political Subdivision
  (a) The authority may sell property to a political subdivision for the fair market value of the property. (b) The board must publish a notice...
• Texas Section 262.033 - Sale Or Closing Of Hospital
  (a) The board may sell a hospital, or part of a hospital, owned by the authority or close a hospital, or part of a hospital,...
• Texas Section 262.0331 - Expenditure Of Funds For Public Health Initiatives After Sale Or Closing Of Hospital
  (a) If, after the sale or closing of a hospital under Section 262.033, the authority does not own or operate a hospital, the board may...
• Texas Section 262.034 - Facilities And Services For Elderly And Disabled
  (a) The authority may construct, acquire, own, operate, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip one or more of the following types of facilities or services for...
• Texas Section 262.035 - Powers And Duties Of Certain Hospital Authorities; Lease
  (a) This section applies only to an authority created in a county with a population of at least 350,000 in which a hospital district is...
• Texas Section 262.036 - Retirement Benefits
  If any authority is created by the governing body of a municipality which has established a municipal retirement system pursuant to Chapter 451, Acts of...
• Texas Section 262.037 - Establishment Of Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The authority may form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, to...
• Texas Section 262.038 - Hospital Authority Contracts, Collaborations, And Joint Ventures
  The authority may, directly or through any nonprofit corporation formed by the authority, contract, collaborate, or enter into a joint venture with any public or...

SUBCHAPTER D BONDS

• Texas Section 262.039 - Investment Of Authority Funds
  (a) This section applies only to an authority that: (1) is located in: (A) a county of 2.4 million or more; or (B) a municipality...
• Texas Section 262.041 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue revenue bonds to provide funds for any of the authority's purposes. (b) Revenue bonds must be payable from, and secured...
• Texas Section 262.042 - Form And Procedure
  (a) Revenue bonds must be authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. The bonds must: (1) be...
• Texas Section 262.043 - Terms
  (a) Revenue bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued. (b) Revenue bonds may: (1) be sold at...
• Texas Section 262.044 - Notice
  (a) Before the board adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the board shall publish a notice of its intention...
• Texas Section 262.045 - Referendum
  (a) A petition requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the revenue bonds may be presented to the president or secretary of...
• Texas Section 262.046 - Junior Lien Bonds; Parity Bonds
  (a) Bonds constituting a junior lien on the revenues or properties may be issued unless prohibited by the bond resolution or the trust indenture. (b)...
• Texas Section 262.047 - Bond Proceeds; Investment Of Funds
  (a) The board may set aside from the proceeds from the sale of bonds: (1) an amount for payment of not more than two years'...
• Texas Section 262.048 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue bonds to refund outstanding bonds in the same manner that other bonds are issued under this chapter. (b) Bonds issued...
• Texas Section 262.049 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
  (a) The authority shall submit to the attorney general bonds issued under this chapter and the record relating to the issuance of those bonds. (b)...
• Texas Section 262.050 - Legal Investments; Security For Deposits
  (a) Bonds issued under this chapter are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016