Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1003 - Booker Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1003.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 1003.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Booker Hospital District operates under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1003.003 - 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 1003.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 411, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963. Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1003.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedure
  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...
• Texas Section 1003.051 - Board
  The district is governed by a board of seven directors. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 1003.052 - Term; Election
  (a) Unless a four-year term is established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code: (1) directors serve staggered terms of two years; (2) three directors...
• Texas Section 1003.053 - Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term. Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 1003.054 - 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 1003.055 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on the approval of the expenses...
• Texas Section 1003.056 - Employees
  The board may employ a general manager, attorney, financial advisor, bookkeeper, or architect. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 1003.057 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  All district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be: (1) maintained...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1003.058 - Seal
  The board may adopt a seal for the district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 1003.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for the operation of all hospital facilities for providing hospital care for the district's needy residents. Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1003.102 - Limitation On Certain Political Subdivisions
  A political subdivision within the district may not impose taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for...
• Texas Section 1003.103 - Management And Control
  The board has the complete management and control of all the business of the district, including the power to negotiate and contract with any person...
• Texas Section 1003.104 - Hospital System
  The district may establish a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to persons residing in the district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277,...
• Texas Section 1003.105 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities. (b) On approval by the board, the rules may be...
• Texas Section 1003.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) The board may prescribe the method and manner of the making of purchases and expenditures by the district. (b) The board shall prescribe: (1)...
• Texas Section 1003.107 - 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 1003.108 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and...
• Texas Section 1003.109 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient from the county has been admitted to a district facility, the board shall require an inquiry into the circumstances of: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1003.110 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1003.151 - Budget
  (a) Each year, the board shall prepare a budget showing for the following fiscal year: (1) the proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) the estimated receipts...
• Texas Section 1003.152 - Fiscal Year
  The district's fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 1003.153 - Annual Audit
  (a) For each fiscal year, the board shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records. (b) Not later than December 31...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1003.154 - Depository
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate one or more banks in the district as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for...
• Texas Section 1003.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair,...
• Texas Section 1003.202 - Taxes To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax in an amount sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of...
• Texas Section 1003.203 - 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 at an election held...
• Texas Section 1003.204 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1003.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) Subject to Subsection (c),...
• Texas Section 1003.251 - 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 1003.252 - Powers And Duties Of County Tax Assessor; Fees
  (a) The county tax assessor and collector shall collect the tax imposed under this subchapter unless the board by majority vote appoints a tax assessor...
• Texas Section 1003.253 - Interest, Penalties, And Discounts
  Interest, penalties, and discounts on taxes paid to the district shall be the same as for county taxes. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec....

Last modified: September 28, 2016