Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1010 - Burleson County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1010.001 - 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 1010.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates under and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and this chapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1010.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a governmental agency performing an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1010.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Burleson County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1010.005 - 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 board by resolution...
• Texas Section 1010.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of 11 elected directors. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:...
• Texas Section 1010.052 - Qualifications For Office
  To serve as a director, a person must be: (1) at least 21 years of age; and (2) a qualified voter of the district. Added...
• Texas Section 1010.053 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
  (a) As soon as practicable after a director is elected or appointed, the director shall execute a bond for $5,000 that is: (1) approved by...
• Texas Section 1010.054 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the board shall promptly appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1010.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from its membership a president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers the board considers necessary....
• Texas Section 1010.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel or other expenses incurred on the district's behalf if: (1) the director presents a...
• Texas Section 1010.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of six directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1010.058 - Meetings
  (a) The board: (1) shall hold the board's meetings at the board's designated meeting place; (2) may establish a schedule of regular meetings to conduct...
• Texas Section 1010.059 - Personnel
  (a) The board shall employ or contract with all persons the board considers necessary or advisable to conduct district affairs, including doctors, nurses, medical technicians,...
• Texas Section 1010.060 - Duties Of Manager
  The district may delegate to the manager the power to: (1) manage and operate the district hospital or hospital system or a portion of the...
• Texas Section 1010.061 - Retirement, Disability, And Death Compensation Fund
  (a) The board may: (1) provide for and administer a retirement, disability, and death compensation fund for district officers and employees; and (2) adopt a...
• Texas Section 1010.062 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  (a) The district shall maintain records and accounts in which full and proper entries are made of: (1) all dealings, transactions, and business matters that...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1010.063 - Seal
  The board shall adopt a seal for the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1010.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1010.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision other than the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical...
• Texas Section 1010.103 - Management And Control
  The board shall manage and control all district affairs. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1010.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating...
• Texas Section 1010.105 - District Elections
  (a) Each district election shall be called by resolution or order of the board. The order or resolution must specify: (1) the date of the...
• Texas Section 1010.106 - Bylaws
  The board may adopt bylaws to govern: (1) the time, place, and manner of conducting board meetings; (2) the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the...
• Texas Section 1010.107 - 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 located in...
• Texas Section 1010.108 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any...
• Texas Section 1010.109 - 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 1010.110 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The district may enter into an operating or management contract with any person regarding any district hospital or any part of the district hospital system....
• Texas Section 1010.111 - Contract In Name Of District
  The district shall contract in the name of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1010.112 - Contracts For Care And Training
  (a) The district may contract with this state, including agencies of this state, or the United States for: (1) the rendition of hospital or medical...
• Texas Section 1010.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with any political subdivision or governmental agency for investigatory or other services as to: (1) the hospital or medical needs of...
• Texas Section 1010.114 - Miscellaneous Contract Requirements
  (a) The board may not enter into a contract calling for or requiring the expenditure, payment, or creation or imposition of an obligation or liability...
• Texas Section 1010.115 - Leases
  (a) The district through the board may lease all or part of the buildings and facilities comprising the hospital system to any person on terms...
• Texas Section 1010.116 - Purchasing
  The board may purchase any material, supply, equipment, or vehicle needed by the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1010.117 - Disposition Of Property
  The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any type of property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of...
• Texas Section 1010.118 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the board or a board representative may have an inquiry...
• Texas Section 1010.119 - Reimbursement For Services To Nonresidents
  If a welfare patient, who is not a district resident, is admitted to a district facility, the district may: (1) seek reimbursement from the patient's...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1010.120 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued; Service Of Process
  (a) The district, through its directors, may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state. (b) Service of...
• Texas Section 1010.151 - Budget
  An annual budget for each fiscal year shall be prepared as directed by, and for approval of, the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1010.152 - Amendments To Budget
  The board may amend the budget as the board considers necessary. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
• Texas Section 1010.153 - Fiscal Year
  The district's fiscal year ends on the last day of April. The board may change the fiscal year. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1010.154 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board shall have an independent certified public accountant audit all transactions relating to the district for each fiscal year. (b) The accountant's audit...
• Texas Section 1010.155 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as the district's depository. (b) District money shall be deposited as received with the...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1010.156 - Investment Of District Money
  The board may invest district money in: (1) bonds of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state; or (2) bonds...
• Texas Section 1010.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating...
• Texas Section 1010.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1010.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax on all property in the...
• Texas Section 1010.203 - Revenue And Special Obligation Bonds
  (a) The district may issue revenue or special obligation bonds as authorized by the laws of this state relating to the issuance of revenue or...
• Texas Section 1010.204 - Bond Election
  (a) The district may not issue bonds unless the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for...
• Texas Section 1010.205 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds, including revenue bonds, must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1010.206 - Execution Of Bonds
  Bonds shall be signed and executed as provided by the board in the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of bonds. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1010.207 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued or assumed by the district; (2)...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1010.208 - Refunding Or Funding And Retiring Certain Older Bonds
  (a) This section applies only to bonds approved in an election held before May 31, 1991. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and notwithstanding...
• Texas Section 1010.251 - Tax Election
  The district may impose a tax only if authorized by a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. Added...
• Texas Section 1010.252 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax shall be imposed for and...
• Texas Section 1010.253 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district....
• Texas Section 1010.254 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1010.255 or 1010.256. (b) The tax assessor-collector of Burleson...
• Texas Section 1010.255 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection...
• Texas Section 1010.256 - Assessment And Collection By Tax Assessor-collector Of Another Political Subdivision
  (a) The board may elect to have all or part of the district's taxes assessed and collected by a political subdivision in which any part...

Last modified: September 28, 2016