Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1024 - Ector County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1024.001 - 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 1024.002 - 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 1024.003 - 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 1024.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Ector County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1024.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The state may not become 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 1024.006 - 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 1024.051 - Board Election; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors. (b) Except as provided by court order, one director is elected from each commissioners...
• Texas Section 1024.052 - 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 1024.053 - 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 1024.054 - 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 1024.055 - Bond Or Insurance
  (a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond payable to the district or purchase an appropriate insurance policy that names...
• Texas Section 1024.056 - 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 1024.057 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
• Texas Section 1024.058 - 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 1024.059 - 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 1024.060 - 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 1024.061 - 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 1024.062 - Assistant District Administrators
  (a) The district administrator may appoint one or more qualified persons as assistant district administrators for the district. (b) An assistant district administrator: (1) serves...
• Texas Section 1024.063 - Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as the attorney for the district. (b) The attorney for the district serves at the will of...
• Texas Section 1024.064 - Appointment Of Staff
  The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments...
• Texas Section 1024.065 - Employees
  (a) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees. (b) The board may delegate to the district...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1024.066 - 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 1024.101 - 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 1024.102 - Restriction On County Taxation And Debt
  Ector County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents. Added...
• Texas Section 1024.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1024.104 - 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 1024.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for...
• Texas Section 1024.106 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
  The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1024.107 - 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 1024.108 - 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 1024.109 - 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 1024.110 - 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 1024.111 - 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 1024.112 - 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 1024.113 - 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 1024.114 - 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...
• Texas Section 1024.115 - 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 1024.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued; Venue; Nonwaiver Of Immunity
  (a) The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. (b) An action against the board, the district, or the district's hospital...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1024.117 - Employment Of District Peace Officers
  (a) The board may employ and commission peace officers for the district. (b) The jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under this section includes the...
• Texas Section 1024.151 - 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 1024.152 - 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 1024.153 - 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 1024.154 - 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 1024.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) when revenue bonds of...
• Texas Section 1024.156 - 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 1024.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1024.158 - 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 1024.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select at least one bank in Ector County to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1024.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) The district may acquire, sell, lease, or contract for personal property in accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government Code. (b) Except as...
• Texas Section 1024.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district...
• Texas Section 1024.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1024.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1024.203 - 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 1024.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1024.205 - 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 1024.206 - 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 1024.207 - 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 1024.208 - 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 1024.251 - 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 pay:...
• Texas Section 1024.252 - 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...
• Texas Section 1024.253 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
  (a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum ad valorem tax rate. The board shall order the election if the board...
• Texas Section 1024.254 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016