Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1002 - Angleton-danbury Hospital District Of Brazoria County, Texas
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1002.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "District" means the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County, Texas. (3)...
- Texas Section 1002.002 - Authority For Creation
The Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 1002.003 - Political Subdivision
The district is a political subdivision of this state. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
- Texas Section 1002.004 - District Territory
(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 120, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, as that territory...
- Texas Section 1002.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedures
If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1002.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
The support and maintenance of the district's hospital system may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 1002.051 - Board Of Directors; Election
(a) The board consists of nine persons elected as provided by this section. (b) For the purpose of electing a board, the district is divided...
- Texas Section 1002.052 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Of Office
(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is: (1) approved by the Commissioners Court of Brazoria County and the...
- Texas Section 1002.053 - Board Vacancy
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term. (b)...
- Texas Section 1002.054 - Officers
The board shall elect a president and a secretary from among the directors to serve until the next directors election. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 1002.055 - Compensation; Reimbursement
A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by the director in the performance of official duties on the approval...
- Texas Section 1002.056 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of five directors is sufficient in any matter relating to the business of the district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 1002.057 - Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff...
- Texas Section 1002.058 - Office Facilities
(a) In this section, "licensed health care professional" means any individual who is licensed or certified by or registered in this state to provide health...
- Texas Section 1002.059 - Health Education Programs For Staff And Employees
The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or otherwise assist in providing health care...
- Texas Section 1002.060 - Retirement Of Benefits
The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in: (A) the Texas County...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1002.061 - Employment Of Physicians
(a) The board may employ a physician and retain all or part of the professional income generated by the physician for medical services provided at...
- Texas Section 1002.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 1002.102 - Limitation On Certain Political Subdivisions
A political subdivision other than the district in Brazoria County may not impose taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to...
- Texas Section 1002.103 - Powers Of Board
(a) The board has all powers necessary, convenient, or incidental to carry out the purposes for which the district was created. (b) The board has...
- Texas Section 1002.104 - Hospital System
(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system within the district's boundaries to provide health care services to persons...
- Texas Section 1002.105 - Operating, Management, Or Consulting Contracts
(a) The board may enter into an operating, management, or consulting contract to obtain management or consulting services for the district or for any portion...
- Texas Section 1002.106 - Provision Of Services Outside District
Subject to the approval of the board, the district may provide primary care, emergency services, preventive medical services, and other health-related services outside the district...
- Texas Section 1002.107 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal,...
- Texas Section 1002.108 - Gifts And Endowments
(a) The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes...
- Texas Section 1002.109 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
As a government agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES
- Texas Section 1002.110 - Public Works Contracts
With respect to the construction of public works, the district has all of the powers and duties conferred on a municipality under Chapter 2269, Government...
- Texas Section 1002.151 - Petition To Expand District Territory
(a) Territory may be added to the district on a petition for annexation signed by the owners of a majority in value of the land...
- Texas Section 1002.152 - Notice Of Hearing
(a) The board shall pass an order fixing a time and place at which the petition shall be heard. (b) The secretary shall issue notice...
- Texas Section 1002.153 - Order Of Annexation
If, after hearing the petition, the board finds that the proposed annexation is to the advantage of the district and to the territory to be...
- Texas Section 1002.154 - Ratification Election
(a) Annexation of the territory does not become final until ratified by a majority vote at a separate election held within the boundaries of the...
SUBCHAPTER E DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 1002.155 - Assumption Of Debts And Taxes
If the district has outstanding debts or taxes, the proposition for assumption of its proportion of the debts or taxes by the territory if annexed...
- Texas Section 1002.201 - Dissolution; Election
(a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) The...
- Texas Section 1002.202 - Notice Of Election
(a) The board shall give notice of the election by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in...
- Texas Section 1002.203 - Ballot
The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Angleton-Danbury Hospital District of Brazoria...
- Texas Section 1002.204 - Election Results
(a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b) If a majority...
- Texas Section 1002.205 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
(a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
- Texas Section 1002.206 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the...
- Texas Section 1002.207 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
(a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
SUBCHAPTER F DISTRICT FUNDS
- Texas Section 1002.208 - Report; Dissolution Order
(a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its assets and funds as prescribed by this subchapter, the board...
- Texas Section 1002.251 - Depository
The board shall by resolution designate a bank within the county as the district's depository, and all funds of the district shall be secured in...
SUBCHAPTER G BONDS
- Texas Section 1002.252 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
(a) The board may borrow money for district obligations. (b) To secure a loan or line of credit, the board may pledge: (1) revenue of...
- Texas Section 1002.301 - General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board may issue and sell bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to:...
- Texas Section 1002.302 - Taxes To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board shall impose an annual ad valorem tax in an amount sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal...
- Texas Section 1002.303 - General Obligation Bond Election
(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the voters voting in an election held...
- Texas Section 1002.304 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the name of the district. The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Acts 2003, 78th...
- Texas Section 1002.305 - Investment Of General Obligation Bond Proceeds
Any part of the proceeds of general obligation bonds, until they are needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, may be invested...
SUBCHAPTER H TAXES
- Texas Section 1002.306 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or acquire buildings, sites, or improvements and equip buildings, sites, or improvements...
- Texas Section 1002.351 - Imposition Of Taxes
(a) The board shall impose on all property subject to district taxation, for the benefit of the district, a tax at a rate not to...
- Texas Section 1002.352 - Tax Assessor-collector
The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as...
Last modified: September 28, 2016