Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 264 - County Hospital Authorities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 264.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the County Hospital Authority Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 264.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a county hospital authority created under this chapter. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority. (3)...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 264.003 - Creation
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may create a county hospital authority and designate the name of the authority if the commissioners...
• Texas Section 264.011 - 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 264.012 - Appointment Of Board; Terms Of Office
  (a) The commissioners court shall appoint the directors of the authority for terms not to exceed three years except as otherwise provided by this section....
• Texas Section 264.013 - 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 264.014 - 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 264.015 - 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 264.021 - 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 264.022 - Acquisition, Operation, And Lease Of Hospitals
  (a) The authority may construct, purchase, enlarge, furnish, or equip one or more hospitals located in the county. (b) The authority may operate and maintain...
• Texas Section 264.023 - 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 264.024 - 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 264.025 - 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 264.026 - 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 264.027 - Depository
  The authority may: (1) select a depository in the same manner that a county may select a depository under Chapter 116, Local Government Code; or...
• Texas Section 264.028 - 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 264.029 - 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 264.030 - 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 264.031 - Sale Or Closing Of Hospital
  (a) The board may sell all or part of a hospital owned by the authority or close all or part of a hospital owned or...
• Texas Section 264.032 - Emergency Borrowing
  (a) If the board declares that funds are not available to meet lawfully authorized obligations of the authority and that an emergency exists, the board...
• Texas Section 264.033 - Time Warrants
  The authority may issue time warrants in the manner in which a commissioners court may issue time warrants under Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government...
• Texas Section 264.034 - Facilities And Services For The Disabled Or The Elderly
  (a) The authority may construct, acquire, own, operate, enlarge, improve, furnish, equip, or provide the following facilities and services to care for the disabled or...
• Texas Section 264.035 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D BONDS

• Texas Section 264.036 - 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...
• Texas Section 264.041 - 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 264.042 - 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 264.043 - 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 264.044 - Notice
  (a) Before the board adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the board must publish a notice of its intention...
• Texas Section 264.045 - Referendum
  (a) A petition requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the revenue bonds may be presented to the secretary or president of...
• Texas Section 264.046 - 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 264.047 - 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 264.048 - 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 264.049 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
  (a) The authority shall submit to the attorney general the bonds issued under this chapter and the record relating to the issuance of those bonds....
• Texas Section 264.050 - Legal Investments
  Bonds of the authority are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and...

Last modified: September 28, 2016