Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1021 - Donley County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1021.001 - 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 1021.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1021.003 - 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 1021.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Donley County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1021.005 - 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 1021.006 - 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 1021.007 - 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 1021.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district by position. To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes...
• Texas Section 1021.052 - Notice Of Runoff Election
  At least seven days before the date of a runoff election of directors, notice of the runoff election shall be published one time in a...
• Texas Section 1021.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; (2) a freeholder; and (3)...
• Texas Section 1021.054 - Bond
  (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 1021.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the board shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1021.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and (2) a secretary, who need not be a...
• Texas Section 1021.057 - 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 1021.058 - 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 1021.059 - District Administrator; Assistant District Administrators
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint one or more assistant administrators. (c) The district administrator...
• Texas Section 1021.060 - 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 1021.061 - Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1021.062 - 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 1021.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1021.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district or that has the same boundaries as the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or...
• Texas Section 1021.103 - 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 1021.104 - Hospital System
  The hospital system, as determined by the board, may include: (1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric; (2) facilities for outpatient...
• Texas Section 1021.105 - 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 1021.106 - 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 1021.107 - 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 contract with...
• Texas Section 1021.108 - 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 1021.109 - 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 1021.110 - 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 1021.111 - 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 1021.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospital Treatment
  (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 1021.113 - 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 or other services as to the hospital or...
• Texas Section 1021.114 - 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 1021.115 - 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 1021.151 - 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 1021.152 - 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 1021.153 - 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 1021.154 - 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 1021.155 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1021.156 - Audit
  (a) The district 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 1021.157 - 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 1021.158 - 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 1021.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1021.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as provided by Section 1021.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...
• Texas Section 1021.201 - 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 1021.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1021.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1021.203 - 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 1021.204 - 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 1021.205 - 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 in the manner...
• Texas Section 1021.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for the district's hospital system facilities;...
• Texas Section 1021.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) Refunding bonds may be:...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1021.208 - 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 1021.251 - 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 1021.252 - 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 1021.253 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1021.254. (b) The tax assessor-collector of Donley County shall...
• Texas Section 1021.254 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016