Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1012 - Childress County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1012.001 - 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 1012.002 - Authority For Creation
  The district is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties prescribed by this chapter....
• Texas Section 1012.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1012.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Childress County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1012.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1012.006 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
  The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1012.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section...
• Texas Section 1012.052 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to hold office as a director, a person must be: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) An...
• Texas Section 1012.053 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1012.054 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be...
• Texas Section 1012.055 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in attending to district business. The expenses must be: (1) reported in...
• Texas Section 1012.056 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of four 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 1012.057 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  (a) The board shall: (1) keep an account of all board meetings and proceedings; and (2) maintain at the district's principal office all district records...
• Texas Section 1012.058 - Individual Liability Of Directors
  A director is individually liable only for the director's individual misapplication of public money. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1012.059 - Chief Executive Officer; Assistant Chief Executive Officer
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person to be known as the chief executive officer of the district. (b) The chief executive officer may...
• Texas Section 1012.060 - General Duties Of Chief Executive Officer
  The chief executive officer shall: (1) stay informed on the latest methods of hospital administration and the care of hospital patients; and (2) subject to...
• Texas Section 1012.061 - Employees
  The board shall authorize the chief executive officer to employ nurses, technicians, and other employees for the efficient operation of the district. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1012.062 - Legal Counsel; Other Professional Services
  The board may employ legal counsel or contract for other professional services as the board considers advisable. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1012.063 - Recruitment Of Medical Personnel
  (a) The board may spend district money to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical personnel. (b) The board may pay the tuition or other...
• Texas Section 1012.064 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract to provide administrative and other personnel for the operation of the hospital facilities. (b) The term of the contract may...
• Texas Section 1012.065 - Educational Programs; Courses
  Sec. 1012.065. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; COURSES.The board may provide or contract for the provision of educational programs or courses for district employees and medical staff. Added...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1012.066 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) electing to participate in: (A) the...
• Texas Section 1012.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care to indigent persons in the district; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1012.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation And Debt
  Childress County or a municipality in Childress County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or for medical...
• Texas Section 1012.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  (a) The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. (b) The board may delegate to the chief executive officer the...
• Texas Section 1012.104 - Hospital System
  The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping the...
• Texas Section 1012.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1012.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of the making of purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting...
• Texas Section 1012.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. (b) The board may: (1) purchase...
• Texas Section 1012.108 - 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 1012.109 - 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 1012.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that requires the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1012.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1012.112 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the chief executive officer shall have an inquiry made into...
• Texas Section 1012.113 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1012.114 - Facilities Or Services For Persons Who Are Elderly Or Disabled
  (a) The district may: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, equip, or administer the following types of facilities or services for the care of persons...
• Texas Section 1012.151 - Budget
  The chief executive officer shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1012.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in accordance with...
• Texas Section 1012.153 - Amendment Of Budget
  The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1012.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1012.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period that...
• Texas Section 1012.156 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. (b) The audit shall be open to inspection at all times...
• Texas Section 1012.157 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the chief executive officer shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement...
• Texas Section 1012.158 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be immediately deposited on...
• Texas Section 1012.159 - General Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1012.160 - Authority To Borrow Money In Emergency; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the...
• Texas Section 1012.201 - 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 hospital or hospital...
• Texas Section 1012.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1012.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
• Texas Section 1012.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election...
• Texas Section 1012.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by...
• Texas Section 1012.205 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue and sell revenue bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct,...
• Texas Section 1012.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1012.207 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2) the transfer...
• Texas Section 1012.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Taxes
  (a) The board may impose a tax on property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to pay: (1)...
• Texas Section 1012.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1012.253 - 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...
• Texas Section 1012.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b)...
• Texas Section 1012.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of...
• Texas Section 1012.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Childress County...
• Texas Section 1012.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1012.305 - Transfer, Sale, Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment,...
• Texas Section 1012.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets or liabilities to another person may not contravene a trust...
• Texas Section 1012.307 - 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...
• Texas Section 1012.308 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016