Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 282 - Hospital Districts In Counties Of 75,000 Or Less
SUBCHAPTER A CREATION OF DISTRICT
- Texas Section 282.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of trustees of a district. (2) "District" means a hospital district created under this chapter. Acts 1989,...
- Texas Section 282.002 - District Authorization
(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 75,000 or less and an assessed property valuation of at least $200,000,000 may create...
- Texas Section 282.003 - Creation Election Required
The creation of the district must be approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the area of the proposed district who vote at...
- Texas Section 282.004 - Petition For Election
(a) To propose the establishment of a district: (1) a petition for a creation election signed by at least five percent of the qualified property...
- Texas Section 282.005 - Hearing; Election Order
(a) When the petition is presented to the commissioners court, the commissioners court shall: (1) set a date for a hearing on the petition at...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 282.006 - Election Costs; Disposition Of Deposit
(a) The county clerk shall retain the amount deposited under Section 282.004(a) until the commissioners court declares the election results. (b) If at the election...
- Texas Section 282.021 - Election Of Board
(a) Board members shall be elected from the district at large. (b) Initial board members shall be elected at the district creation election. (c) A...
- Texas Section 282.0211 - Optional Four-year Terms
(a) The board may, on its own motion, order that board members are to be elected in even-numbered years to serve staggered four-year terms. (b)...
- Texas Section 282.022 - Oath And Bond
(a) Before assuming the duties of office on the board, each district board member elect must: (1) take and subscribe an oath before the county...
- Texas Section 282.023 - Compensation
A board member serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
- Texas Section 282.024 - Officers
The board shall elect from among its members a chairman, a secretary, and other officers the board considers appropriate. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,...
- Texas Section 282.025 - Quorum; Meeting Procedure And Record
(a) Three board members constitute a quorum. (b) All board proceedings shall be by motion or resolution and shall be recorded in a book kept...
- Texas Section 282.026 - Seal
The board shall adopt an official seal. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 282.027 - Superintendent; Duties
(a) The board shall appoint a superintendent to serve as the district's chief administrator. (b) The superintendent serves at the will of the board and...
SUBCHAPTER C GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 282.028 - Other Officers And District Employees
(a) The board shall appoint other district officers that the board considers necessary. (b) A person appointed under Subsection (a) serves at the will of...
- Texas Section 282.041 - Management, Control, And Administration
(a) The board shall manage, control, and administer the district. (b) The board is a corporate body in the name of the "____________ County Public...
- Texas Section 282.042 - District Rules
The board may adopt rules and bylaws the board considers proper. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 282.043 - Powers Relating To District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) On the district's behalf, the board may hold, construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, regulate, sell, and convey land, property,...
- Texas Section 282.044 - Contracting Authority
(a) In performing its powers under this subchapter the board may contract with: (1) the federal government; (2) this state; (3) a municipality; and (4)...
- Texas Section 282.045 - Purchasing Procedures
The district is subject to the County Purchasing Act (Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code), and the board shall comply with the competitive bidding...
- Texas Section 282.046 - Eminent Domain
(a) On a resolution by the board, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of property necessary to carry out...
- Texas Section 282.047 - Gifts And Endowments
The board may accept bequests and contributions on behalf of the district. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 282.048 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued; District Liability
(a) The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. (b) A suit against the district must be brought in the county...
- Texas Section 282.049 - Other Board Powers
The board may: (1) promote health in the district; (2) print and publish information; and (3) do any other thing necessary to the performance of...
SUBCHAPTER D DISTRICT FINANCES
- Texas Section 282.050 - Provision Of Hospital Services
(a) The district shall provide adequate hospital services for the district. A person who resides in the district is entitled to receive those services at...
- Texas Section 282.061 - Annual Report
(a) Not later than June 1 of each year, the board shall prepare and file with the commissioners court a full, detailed report of the...
- Texas Section 282.062 - Treasurer
(a) The county treasurer of the county in which the district is located serves as treasurer of the construction and maintenance fund and the interest...
- Texas Section 282.063 - District Funds; Investment Of Funds
(a) The treasurer shall maintain a construction and maintenance fund and an interest and sinking fund for the district and shall place money in those...
- Texas Section 282.064 - Fiscal Year
(a) The district operates on the fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed if revenue bonds of the...
SUBCHAPTER E DISTRICT BONDS
- Texas Section 282.065 - Annual Audit; Open Records
(a) The board annually shall have an audit made of the financial condition of the district. (b) The audit and other district records are open...
- Texas Section 282.071 - General Obligation Bonds
The commissioners court may issue and sell bonds in the district's name and on the district's faith and credit to acquire or construct hospital buildings...
- Texas Section 282.072 - Interest, Maturity, And Denomination
(a) District bonds mature not more than 30 years after their date and bear interest at a rate ordered by the commissioners court but not...
- Texas Section 282.073 - Execution Of Bonds
The county judge shall sign the bonds, and the county clerk shall attest the signature and place the seal of the court on the bonds....
- Texas Section 282.074 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Before the bonds are offered for sale, the district shall forward to the attorney general: (1) a copy of the bonds to be issued;...
- Texas Section 282.075 - Bond Record Book
(a) Before issuing the bonds, the commissioners court shall provide to the county clerk a well-bound book in which the clerk shall record all bonds...
- Texas Section 282.076 - Compensation Of County Clerk
For recording services provided to the district, the county clerk is entitled to receive fees as provided by Chapter 118, Local Government Code. Acts 1989,...
- Texas Section 282.077 - Bond Of County Judge
(a) When the bonds are registered, the county judge shall execute a good and sufficient bond, approved by the board and payable to the board,...
- Texas Section 282.078 - Sale Of The Bonds
(a) When the bonds are registered, the county judge, under the direction of the commissioners court, shall advertise and sell the bonds on the best...
- Texas Section 282.079 - Disposition Of Unneeded Bonds
With the consent of the commissioners court made of record, bonds that are not required for the purpose for which they were voted may be...
- Texas Section 282.080 - Additional Bond Issue And Election
(a) The board shall certify to the commissioners court the necessity for an additional bond issue if: (1) the proceeds of the original bond issue...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES TO PAY BONDS
- Texas Section 282.081 - Change In Use Of Bond Proceeds After Bond Issuance
(a) After the issuance of bonds, the board may change the use of the bond proceeds to include a change or improvement to the district...
- Texas Section 282.101 - Taxes To Pay Bonds
(a) When the bonds have been approved by the voters at the election authorizing the levy of taxes, the commissioners court shall impose a property...
SUBCHAPTER G CONVERSION OF DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 282.102 - Tax Assessor-collector
(a) The county tax assessor-collector shall levy and collect taxes for the district. (b) After receiving a petition of at least five percent of the...
- Texas Section 282.121 - Authority To Convert
A district created in accordance with this chapter may be converted into a district operating under Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution. Added...
- Texas Section 282.122 - Conversion Hearing And Election
(a) A district may be converted under this subchapter only if the conversion is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district...
- Texas Section 282.123 - Ballot Proposition
The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The conversion of the __________ County Public Hospital District...
- Texas Section 282.124 - Effective Date Of Conversion
If a majority of the qualified voters participating in the election vote in favor of the proposition, the conversion becomes effective on the 30th day...
- Texas Section 282.125 - Responsibility Of County
On conversion of a district under this subchapter, the county in which the district is located shall convey or transfer to the district: (1) money...
- Texas Section 282.126 - District Responsibilities
On conversion of the district under this subchapter, the district assumes any outstanding indebtedness incurred by the county under Subchapter E. Added by Acts 1991,...
- Texas Section 282.127 - Effect Of Conversion
(a) A district converted under this subchapter is governed by Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution and by Chapter 206, Acts of the...
Last modified: September 28, 2016