Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1016 - Concho County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1016.001 - 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 1016.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter....
• Texas Section 1016.003 - 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 1016.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Concho County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1016.005 - 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 1016.006 - 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 1016.007 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
  The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1016.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected as follows: (1) four directors, each of whom is a resident of a different county commissioners precinct;...
• Texas Section 1016.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of...
• Texas Section 1016.053 - Ballot Petition
  A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a...
• Texas Section 1016.054 - Qualifications For Office
  A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; (2) a qualified voter; (3) a...
• Texas Section 1016.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
  (a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
• Texas Section 1016.056 - 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 1016.057 - Officers
  The board shall elect a president and a secretary from among its members. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1016.058 - 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 1016.059 - Meetings
  (a) A board meeting may be called by the president or any four directors. (b) Notice of the time and place of a board meeting...
• Texas Section 1016.060 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1016.061 - 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 1016.062 - Employees; Appointment Of Staff
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1016.063 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
• Texas Section 1016.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1016.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical...
• Texas Section 1016.103 - 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 1016.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping...
• Texas Section 1016.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1016.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and control...
• Texas Section 1016.107 - 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 lease all...
• Texas Section 1016.108 - 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 1016.109 - 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 1016.110 - Construction Or Purchase Contracts
  A construction or purchase contract that involves the expenditure of more than $2,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter...
• Texas Section 1016.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1016.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
• Texas Section 1016.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory and other services as to the hospital or...
• Texas Section 1016.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1016.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  (a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
• Texas Section 1016.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:...
• Texas Section 1016.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice...
• Texas Section 1016.153 - Amendments To 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 1016.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Sec. 1016.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1016.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a...
• Texas Section 1016.156 - Audit
  (a) The board shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1016.157 - Inspection Of Audit And District Records
  The audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1016.158 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of...
• Texas Section 1016.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money,...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1016.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1016.107(c), this subchapter, and Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other...
• Texas Section 1016.201 - 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 1016.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1016.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1016.203 - 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 1016.204 - 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 1016.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) Refunding bonds may be: (1) sold, with...
• Texas Section 1016.206 - 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),...
• Texas Section 1016.207 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1016.208 - 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) the transfer...
• Texas Section 1016.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to:...
• Texas Section 1016.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016