Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal And County Hospitals
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 265.001 - Municipality With Population Of At Least 10,000 And Any County
(a) The commissioners court of a county may cooperate with the proper authorities of a municipality with at least 10,000 inhabitants to establish, build, equip,...
- Texas Section 265.002 - County And Any Two Or More Municipalities
(a) The commissioners court of a county may cooperate with the proper authorities of two or more municipalities to establish, build, equip, and maintain a...
SUBCHAPTER B JOINT HOSPITAL WITH BOARD OF MANAGERS
- Texas Section 265.003 - County With Population Of At Least 92,600 And Municipality With Population Of At Least 57,250
(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of at least 92,600 and the governing body of a municipality in that county with...
- Texas Section 265.011 - Establishment Of Hospital By Commissioners Court And Municipal Governing Body
The commissioners court of a county and the governing body of a municipality in that county may jointly appoint a board of managers to establish,...
- Texas Section 265.012 - Financing
(a) If the municipality or county has issued and sold bonds to establish, build, equip, maintain, and operate a joint municipal and county hospital, the...
- Texas Section 265.013 - Board Of Managers
(a) The board of managers is composed of seven members. (b) The commissioners court and the municipal governing body shall each appoint three members to...
- Texas Section 265.014 - Chairman
The board of managers shall select a chairman from among its members who shall: (1) preside over the board's meetings; and (2) sign any contract,...
- Texas Section 265.015 - Contracts
The board of managers may execute any contract relating to establishing, building, equipping, maintaining, or operating the hospital as if the action were taken by...
- Texas Section 265.016 - Financial Statement; Budget
(a) The board of managers shall annually prepare and present to the commissioners court and the municipal governing body a statement of the hospital's financial...
- Texas Section 265.017 - Issuance Of Revenue Bonds
(a) The board of managers may issue and sell revenue bonds in the name of the hospital to finance: (1) the acquisition of real property,...
- Texas Section 265.0171 - Repayment Of Bonds
The board of managers may provide for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the bonds by pledging all or...
- Texas Section 265.0172 - Additional Security For Bonds
The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the hospital...
- Texas Section 265.0173 - Maturity
A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 40 years after its date. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 151, Sec....
- Texas Section 265.0174 - Bonds Not Payable From Taxes
A bond issued under this subchapter must contain the following provision: "The holder of this obligation is not entitled to demand payment of this obligation...
- Texas Section 265.0175 - Sale Of Bonds
The board of managers may sell bonds issued under this subchapter at public or private sale in the manner and on the terms approved by...
- Texas Section 265.0176 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board of managers may refund bonds issued under this subchapter by issuing refunding bonds under terms approved by the board. (b) All appropriate...
- Texas Section 265.0177 - Authority To Borrow Money
(a) After approval by resolution of the commissioners court of the county and the governing body of the municipality that appointed the board, the board...
- Texas Section 265.0178 - Pledge Of Security
(a) A loan under Section 265.0177 may be: (1) payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenues, income, or...
- Texas Section 265.0179 - Permissible Uses Of Loan Proceeds
The proceeds from a loan under Section 265.0177 may be used to pay costs related to the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and equipping of a hospital...
- Texas Section 265.018 - Hospital Property
The board of managers may acquire, hold, or dispose of property or an interest in property. As agreed by the county and municipality, the county...
- Texas Section 265.0181 - Transfer Of Property
On dissolution of the board of managers, title to property held by the board or in the name of the hospital shall be transferred to...
- Texas Section 265.019 - Use Of Earnings Or Assets For Private Purposes Prohibited
Except as reasonable compensation for services rendered or reasonable allowance for authorized expenditures incurred on behalf of the board of managers or the hospital, the...
SUBCHAPTER C JOINT HOSPITAL CONTROLLED BY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY
- Texas Section 265.020 - Applicability
Sections 265.017-265.019 apply only to a hospital located in a county with a population of 75,000 or more. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 265.021 - Ownership And Control Designated
(a) A county with a population of at least 200,000 and one or more municipalities in the county that jointly own and operate a hospital...
- Texas Section 265.022 - Board Of Managers Of Hospital Controlled By County
(a) If the county is designated to own and control the hospital, the commissioners court shall appoint a board of managers with at least three...
- Texas Section 265.023 - Board Of Managers Of Hospital Controlled By Municipality
If the municipality is designated to own and control the hospital, the governing body of the municipality may appoint the board of managers under its...
- Texas Section 265.024 - Terms
Members of the board of managers shall be appointed for staggered six-year terms, with one-third of the terms expiring every two years. Acts 1989, 71st...
- Texas Section 265.025 - Tax
(a) The commissioners court may authorize and levy a tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable...
SUBCHAPTER D JOINT COUNTY-MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARDS
- Texas Section 265.026 - Tuberculosis Control
(a) The commissioners court and each municipal governing body that designates the ownership and control of a joint hospital under this subchapter may conduct a...
- Texas Section 265.031 - Creation Of Board
(a) The commissioners court of a county and the governing body of a municipality located in whole or in part in that county may adopt...
- Texas Section 265.032 - Appointment Of Board
(a) The board consists of seven directors. A director may serve successive terms. (b) The commissioners court shall appoint four directors in its resolution creating...
- Texas Section 265.033 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect a director as chairman. The chairman shall preside at board meetings and perform other duties and functions prescribed by the...
- Texas Section 265.034 - Authority Of Board
(a) The board shall act through resolutions adopted by the board. The affirmative vote of four directors is required to adopt a resolution. (b) The...
- Texas Section 265.035 - Suits
The board may sue and be sued in its own name, capacity, and behalf. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 265.036 - Compensation
A director may not receive compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of director to the...
- Texas Section 265.037 - Hospital Facilities; Other Property
(a) The board may purchase, construct, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire hospital facilities and may improve, enlarge, furnish, equip, operate, and maintain those facilities. (b)...
- Texas Section 265.038 - Contracts For Hospital Services
The county or the municipality may contract with the board for the care and treatment of indigent or needy patients or for any other hospital...
- Texas Section 265.039 - Funds
(a) The board may apply for, receive, and spend federal or state funds available for hospital purposes. (b) The county or the municipality by resolution...
- Texas Section 265.040 - Authority To Issue Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to perform any power, duty, or function under this subchapter. The issuance must be approved by resolution by...
- Texas Section 265.041 - Terms Of Bonds
(a) The revenue bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued. The bonds may bear interest at a...
- Texas Section 265.042 - Pledge Of Security
(a) The revenue bonds may be payable from, and secured by a pledge of, all or part of the revenues, income, or resources of the...
- Texas Section 265.043 - Sale And Use Of Proceeds
(a) The revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale at a price and under terms determined by the directors. The bonds may...
- Texas Section 265.044 - Parity And Subordinate Lien Bonds
The directors may provide in the authorization of the revenue bonds for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds or subordinate lien bonds under terms...
- Texas Section 265.045 - Notice; Petition For Election
(a) Before the directors authorize the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the directors shall prepare and publish a notice of: (1) its intention...
- Texas Section 265.046 - Refunding Bonds
Any bonds issued under this subchapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in the manner provided by this subchapter for the issuance...
- Texas Section 265.047 - Examination, Approval, And Registration Of Bonds
(a) The board shall submit to the attorney general for examination the bonds issued under this subchapter and the proceedings authorizing their issuance. (b) The...
- Texas Section 265.048 - Legal Investments; Security For Deposits
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a...
- Texas Section 265.049 - Charges For Services And Facilities
The board shall operate its hospital facilities for the use and benefit of the public, but shall establish and collect charges for services and facilities...
- Texas Section 265.050 - Depository
The board may: (1) select a depository in the same manner that a municipality or county may select a depository under Chapter 105 or Chapter...
- Texas Section 265.051 - Investment Of Funds
(a) The law relating to security for and investment of municipal or county funds applies to hospital board funds. A bond resolution or trust indenture...
SUBCHAPTER E SALE, LEASE, OR CLOSING
- Texas Section 265.052 - Eminent Domain
(a) The hospital board may acquire the fee simple title to or any other interest in land and other property by condemnation under Chapter 21,...
- Texas Section 265.071 - Official Action
(a) The commissioners court by order and the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may order the sale, lease, or closing of all or...
- Texas Section 265.072 - Petition And Election
(a) A petition requesting an election on the sale or closing of the hospital may be presented to the commissioners court and the municipal governing...
Last modified: September 28, 2016