Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1015 - Fairfield Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1015.001 - 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 1015.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1015.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
• Texas Section 1015.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Fairfield Independent School District as those boundaries existed on August 3, 1987. Added...
• Texas Section 1015.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The state may not be obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1015.006 - 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 1015.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. (c) An...
• Texas Section 1015.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1015.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a district resident; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1015.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
• Texas Section 1015.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1015.056 - 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 1015.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1015.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1015.059 - 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 is entitled...
• Texas Section 1015.060 - 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 1015.061 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as: (1) the assistant district administrator; and (2) the attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator...
• Texas Section 1015.062 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...
• Texas Section 1015.063 - Continuing Education; Retraining
  The board may spend money for continuing education and retraining of employees. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1015.064 - 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 1015.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating hospital facilities; and (2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1015.102 - Restriction On Municipal Taxation And Debt
  The City of Fairfield may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district...
• Texas Section 1015.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1015.104 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff...
• Texas Section 1015.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
• Texas Section 1015.106 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
• Texas Section 1015.107 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
• Texas Section 1015.108 - 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 1015.109 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or...
• Texas Section 1015.110 - Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of...
• Texas Section 1015.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a hospital facility for the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1015.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish a...
• Texas Section 1015.113 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) Each year, the board may set criteria for determining residency, eligibility for a service, and the type of services available. (b) When a person...
• Texas Section 1015.114 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1015.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1015.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a...
• Texas Section 1015.152 - 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 a newspaper...
• Texas Section 1015.153 - Amendments To Budget
  After adoption, the annual budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1015.154 - 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 1015.155 - 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 1015.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1015.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1015.158 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a sworn statement of the...
• Texas Section 1015.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as...
• Texas Section 1015.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 1015.110, 1015.161, 1015.201, 1015.204, and 1015.205, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1015.161 - 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...
• Texas Section 1015.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the...
• Texas Section 1015.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1015.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1015.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of district voters voting at an election held...
• Texas Section 1015.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1015.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund an outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1)...
• Texas Section 1015.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1015.207 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1015.208 - 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 1015.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to meet...
• Texas Section 1015.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate for the initial tax year not to exceed eight cents on each $100 valuation of...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1015.253 - 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 1015.301 - 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 1015.302 - 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 1015.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Fairfield Hospital...
• Texas Section 1015.304 - Election Results
  (a) If the board finds that the election results favor the proposition to dissolve the district, the board shall: (1) issue an order declaring the...
• Texas Section 1015.305 - Directors In Office After Dissolution
  The directors in office on the date of the dissolution shall continue in office, without further election, until: (1) the affairs of the district are...
• Texas Section 1015.306 - Imposition Of Tax; Transfer Of Debts
  After issuing the dissolution order, the board shall determine the debt owed by the district and shall: (1) impose on property subject to taxation in...
• Texas Section 1015.307 - Disposition Or Transfer Of Assets And Debts
  (a) The board may not dispose of or transfer the district's assets except for due compensation unless: (1) the debts are transferred to another governmental...
• Texas Section 1015.308 - Spending Restrictions
  After the effective date of the district's dissolution, the board may not spend any money except: (1) as authorized by law; and (2) as necessary...
• Texas Section 1015.309 - 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