Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1013 - Castro County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1013.001 - 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 1013.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates under the authority of and has the powers and responsibilities provided by Section 11, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1013.003 - Essential Public Function; Political Subdivision
  The district is: (1) a public entity performing an essential public function; and (2) a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1013.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Castro County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1013.005 - 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...
• Texas Section 1013.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An election shall be held...
• Texas Section 1013.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Castro County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code....
• Texas Section 1013.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) at least 21...
• Texas Section 1013.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
  (a) Each director shall qualify for office by executing a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1013.055 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If the number...
• Texas Section 1013.056 - Officers
  The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, and secretary. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1013.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by...
• Texas Section 1013.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of three 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 1013.059 - District Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and receives the...
• Texas Section 1013.060 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1013.061 - Employees
  (a) The board may employ a general manager, attorney, bookkeeper, and architect. (b) The board may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, and other necessary...
• Texas Section 1013.062 - Recruitment Of Medical 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 1013.063 - Appointment And Removal Of Medical Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to or remove from the medical staff any doctors as necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may...
• Texas Section 1013.064 - Health Care Educational Programs
  The board may spend district money, enter into an agreement, or take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or assist in providing health care...
• Texas Section 1013.065 - Retirement 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...
• Texas Section 1013.066 - Liability Insurance; Indemnification
  (a) The board may defend or indemnify an officer, director, board appointee, medical staff member, or district employee against or from a claim, expense, or...
• Texas Section 1013.067 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  Except as provided by Section 1013.054, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1013.068 - Seal
  The board may 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 1013.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1013.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
  Castro County or a municipality in Castro County may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1013.103 - Management And Control
  The management and control of the district is vested in the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1013.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district may provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to the district's needy residents....
• Texas Section 1013.105 - 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 1013.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) The board may prescribe the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district. (b) The board shall prescribe: (1)...
• Texas Section 1013.107 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
  The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service as part of the hospital system. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1013.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of facilities required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
• Texas Section 1013.109 - 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 1013.110 - 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 1013.111 - Contracts For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a hospital, hospital authority, or political subdivision of this state located outside the district's boundaries to reimburse the district...
• Texas Section 1013.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency to provide investigatory or other services related to facilities for the medical care, hospital,...
• Texas Section 1013.113 - Provision Of Services Outside District
  Subject to board approval the district may provide primary care, emergency services, preventative medical services, and other health-related services outside the district, provided that the...
• Texas Section 1013.114 - Joint Administration Or Delivery Of Health Care Services
  (a) To provide joint administration or delivery of health care services, the district may contract with, affiliate with, or enter into another arrangement with: (1)...
• Texas Section 1013.115 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in Castro County is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances...
• Texas Section 1013.116 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment...
• Texas Section 1013.117 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1013.118 - 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. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1013.151 - Budget
  The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts...
• Texas Section 1013.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And Hearing
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a...
• Texas Section 1013.153 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
• Texas Section 1013.154 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the fiscal year. (b) Not later than December...
• Texas Section 1013.155 - Depository Or Treasurer
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks in Castro County as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1013.156 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money for district purposes on district credit or secured by district revenue. The rate may not exceed the maximum annual...
• Texas Section 1013.201 - 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 1013.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1013.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1013.203 - 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 1013.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1013.205 - 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 countersign the bonds. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1013.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair,...
• Texas Section 1013.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
• Texas Section 1013.208 - 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) any transaction...
• Texas Section 1013.209 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
  In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1013.210 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
  The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay: (1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to...
• Texas Section 1013.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) On final approval of the annual budget, the board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1013.252 - 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 1013.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) 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...
• Texas Section 1013.301 - 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 1013.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks the election order in...
• Texas Section 1013.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Castro County...
• Texas Section 1013.304 - 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 1013.305 - 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 1013.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person....
• Texas Section 1013.307 - 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 1013.308 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016