Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 283 - Optional Hospital District Law Of 1957
SUBCHAPTER A CREATION OF DISTRICT
- Texas Section 283.001 - Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Optional Hospital District Law of 1957. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 283.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of a district. (2) "District" means a hospital district created under this chapter. Acts...
- Texas Section 283.003 - District Authorization
(a) A county authorized to establish a hospital district under Article IX, Section 4, of the Texas Constitution may create a hospital district and provide...
- Texas Section 283.004 - Creation Election Required
(a) The district may be created only if the creation is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county in which the...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 283.005 - Ballot Propositions
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the ballot for an election under this subchapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against...
- Texas Section 283.021 - District Board; Officers
(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a district is created under this chapter serves as the district board of hospital managers. (b)...
- Texas Section 283.022 - Compensation
A board member serves without compensation other than the compensation provided by law for a county judge or a commissioner. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 283.023 - Record Of Board Meeting
The secretary shall keep a suitable record of each board meeting. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
- Texas Section 283.024 - Administrator; Duties
(a) The board shall appoint an administrator for the district. The person must be qualified by training and experience. (b) The administrator holds an office...
- Texas Section 283.025 - Assistant Administrator
(a) If the administrator is absent or unable to perform any of the administrator's duties, the board may designate an assistant administrator to perform any...
- Texas Section 283.026 - Staff
(a) The board may hire doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers advisable for the district's efficient operation. (b) An employment contract may...
- Texas Section 283.027 - Retirement Programs
The commissioners court may include district employees in: (1) an existing county employees' pension or retirement program; or (2) an employees' pension or retirement program...
SUBCHAPTER C GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 283.028 - Seal
The commissioners court's seal is the district seal. The seal shall be used to authenticate the board's acts. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec....
- Texas Section 283.041 - Transfer Of County And Municipal Hospital Property And Funds
(a) On the creation of a district under this chapter and the appointment and qualification of the district board, the county owning a hospital or...
- Texas Section 283.042 - Assumption Of Contract Obligations
On the creation of the district, the district assumes without prejudice to the rights of third parties any outstanding contract obligations legally incurred by the...
- Texas Section 283.043 - Assumption Of Bonded Indebtedness; Cancellation Of Unsold Municipal Or County Bonds
(a) On the creation of the district, the district assumes: (1) any outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by the county or municipality, or both, in the...
- Texas Section 283.044 - Limitation On Taxing Power By Governmental Entity; Disposition Of Delinquent Taxes
(a) On or after the creation of the district, the county or a municipality located in the district may not levy taxes for hospital purposes....
- Texas Section 283.045 - District Responsibility For Medical Aid And Hospital Care
The district assumes full responsibility for furnishing medical and hospital care for indigent and needy persons residing in the district. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 283.046 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital or hospital system of the district. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 283.047 - District Rules
The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital or hospital system. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 283.048 - Purchasing And Accounting Methods And Procedures
(a) The commissioners court may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures...
- Texas Section 283.049 - District Inspections
(a) The district facilities may be inspected by a representative of the Department of State Health Services or any other state agency or board authorized...
- Texas Section 283.050 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire by condemnation a fee simple or other interest in real, personal, or mixed...
- Texas Section 283.051 - Gifts And Endowments
(a) On behalf of the district, the board may accept gifts and endowments to be held in trust and administered by the board for the...
SUBCHAPTER D MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE
- Texas Section 283.052 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued; Legal Representation
(a) The board may sue and be sued. (b) The county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent...
SUBCHAPTER E DISTRICT FINANCES
- Texas Section 283.071 - Admission Criteria And Payment; Criminal Penalty
(a) The board shall enter an order in district records defining "indigent or needy person" for the purpose of determining qualifications for admission to district...
- Texas Section 283.081 - Budget
(a) The administrator shall prepare an annual budget. (b) The budget and all budget revisions shall be approved by the commissioners court. Acts 1989, 71st...
- Texas Section 283.082 - Administrator's Report
(a) As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall make a report to the commissioners court, executive commissioner of...
SUBCHAPTER F DISTRICT BONDS
- Texas Section 283.083 - Depository
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the appointment of the board, the board shall: (1) select a depository for district funds in the...
- Texas Section 283.101 - 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, purchase, construct, equip, or...
- Texas Section 283.102 - Bond Election
(a) A bond election may be held at any time the commissioners court considers advisable, except that it may not be held within two years...
- Texas Section 283.103 - Refunding Bonds
(a) Refunding bonds of the district may be issued to refund outstanding bonded indebtedness the district has issued or assumed. (b) The bonds must be...
- Texas Section 283.104 - Execution Of Bonds
The county judge of the county in which the district is created shall execute the bonds in the name of the district, and the county...
SUBCHAPTER G TAXES
- Texas Section 283.105 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) District bonds must be approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller subject to the same requirements for approval and registration of...
- Texas Section 283.121 - Tax Assessment And Collection
(a) If the district has issued or assumed bonds payable from taxes, the commissioners court shall impose a tax for the benefit of the district...
- Texas Section 283.122 - Election To Increase Tax Amount
(a) The tax rate approved in the creation of the district may be increased only if the increase is approved by a majority of the...
SUBCHAPTER H DISTRICT CONVERSION
- Texas Section 283.123 - Ballot Proposition For Tax Increase
The ballot for a tax increase under this subchapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the...
- Texas Section 283.131 - District Conversion Authority
A hospital district created in accordance with Chapter 281 may be converted into a district subject to this chapter, or a district created in accordance...
- Texas Section 283.132 - Conversion Election Required
(a) A district may be converted under this subchapter only if the conversion is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county...
- Texas Section 283.133 - Ballot Propositions
(a) The ballot for the election held to determine the question of conversion of a district created under this chapter shall be printed to provide...
- Texas Section 283.134 - 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 283.135 - Effect Of Conversion
(a) The district's identity is not affected by the conversion, and the district is liable for all outstanding debts and obligations assumed or incurred by...
- Texas Section 283.136 - Limitation On Further Elections
(a) If the proposition fails to carry at the conversion election, the district may not hold another election on the proposition for two years after...
Last modified: September 28, 2016