Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1026 - Farwell Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1026.001 - 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 1026.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 1026.003 - Essential Public Function
  Sec. 1026.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1026.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Farwell Independent School District in Parmer County, Texas, as those boundaries existed on...
• Texas Section 1026.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedures
  Sec. 1026.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United...
• Texas Section 1026.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  Sec. 1026.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this...
• Texas Section 1026.007 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
  Sec. 1026.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added...
• Texas Section 1026.051 - Board Election; Terms
  (a) The board consists of nine directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless four-year terms are established under...
• Texas Section 1026.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 30 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper or...
• Texas Section 1026.053 - Ballot Petition
  Sec. 1026.053. 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...
• Texas Section 1026.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be appointed or elected as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter....
• Texas Section 1026.055 - Board Vacancy
  Sec. 1026.055. BOARD VACANCY.If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1026.056 - 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 1026.057 - 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 1026.058 - Petition To Change Number Of Directors
  (a) A petition to increase or decrease the number of directors by one or two directors may be presented to the board at any time....
• Texas Section 1026.059 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of five 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 1026.060 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1026.061 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1026.062 - 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...
• Texas Section 1026.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1026.102 - 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 1026.103 - 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 1026.104 - 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 1026.105 - 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 1026.106 - 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 1026.107 - 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 1026.108 - 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 1026.109 - Gifts And Endowments
  Sec. 1026.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board...
• Texas Section 1026.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $10,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and...
• Texas Section 1026.111 - 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 1026.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1026.113 - 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 medical, hospital,...
• Texas Section 1026.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: (1) the patient;...
• Texas Section 1026.115 - Reimbursement For Services
  If the district provides care or treatment for a sick or injured person who is not a district resident, the district may collect the reasonable...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1026.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1026.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator or, if there is none, the president of the board shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b)...
• Texas Section 1026.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least...
• Texas Section 1026.153 - 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 1026.154 - 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 1026.155 - 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 1026.156 - Audit
  The board 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. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1026.157 - 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 1026.158 - 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 1026.159 - 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 1026.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1026.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...
• Texas Section 1026.201 - 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 1026.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1026.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1026.203 - 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 1026.204 - 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 1026.205 - 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 1026.206 - 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 1026.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1026.208 - 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 1026.251 - 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 1026.252 - 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 1026.253 - Assessment And Collection By School District Assessor-collector
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1026.254 or 1026.255. (b) The tax assessor-collector of the...
• Texas Section 1026.254 - 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...
• Texas Section 1026.255 - Assessment And Collection By Tax Assessor-collector Of Another Political Subdivision
  (a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by the tax assessor-collector of a political subdivision located wholly or partly in...

Last modified: September 28, 2016