Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1027 - Fisher County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1027.001 - 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 1027.002 - 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 1027.003 - 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 1027.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Fisher County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1027.005 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1027.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The support or maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1027.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large unless the board changes the method for electing directors under Section 1027.052....
• Texas Section 1027.052 - Change In Election Format
  (a) On its own initiative or on receipt of a petition signed by a number of district residents equal to at least 10 percent of...
• Texas Section 1027.053 - Notice Of Election
  (a) At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper...
• Texas Section 1027.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 1027.055 - 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 1027.056 - 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 1027.057 - 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 1027.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of three 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 1027.059 - District Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled...
• Texas Section 1027.060 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1027.061 - 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 1027.101 - District Responsibility And Authority
  The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating hospital facilities and furnishing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents; and (2) providing hospital...
• Texas Section 1027.102 - 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 1027.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  (a) The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. (b) Unless specifically stated otherwise in this chapter,...
• Texas Section 1027.104 - 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 1027.105 - 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 1027.106 - 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 1027.107 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  In the geographic service area designated by the board, the district may operate or provide for: (1) the operation of a mobile emergency medical service;...
• Texas Section 1027.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type of equipment and the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. (b)...
• Texas Section 1027.109 - 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 1027.110 - 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 1027.111 - 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, Local...
• Texas Section 1027.112 - 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 1027.113 - Contracts For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or a public or private hospital, private corporation, partnership, or cooperative, located inside...
• Texas Section 1027.114 - 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 1027.115 - 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 1027.116 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1027.117 - Authority To Provide Health Care Services
  (a) In this section, "health care services" includes: (1) home health care services; (2) respiratory or physical therapy services; (3) mobile emergency medical services; and...
• Texas Section 1027.151 - 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 1027.152 - 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 1027.153 - 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 1027.154 - 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 1027.155 - Audit
  (a) The board shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as it is completed,...
• Texas Section 1027.156 - 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 1027.157 - 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 1027.158 - 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,...
• Texas Section 1027.159 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1027.108(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1027.160 - Authority To Borrow Money In Emergency; 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 1027.201 - 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 designed...
• Texas Section 1027.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1027.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1027.203 - 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 1027.204 - 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 1027.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
• Texas Section 1027.206 - 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 1027.207 - 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 1027.208 - 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 1027.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board annually shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax...
• Texas Section 1027.252 - 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....

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1027.253 - 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 1027.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved and its assets and obligations sold or transferred to another person only on approval of a majority of the...
• Texas Section 1027.302 - 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 1027.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Fisher County...
• Texas Section 1027.304 - Election Results
  (a) If the board finds the election results favor the proposition to dissolve the district, the board shall: (1) issue an order declaring the district...
• Texas Section 1027.305 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person....

Last modified: September 28, 2016