Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1031 - Garza County Health Care District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1031.001 - 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 1031.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with and has the powers and responsibilities provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1031.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1031.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Garza County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1031.005 - 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 1031.006 - Public Purpose; Tax Exemption
  All property owned by the district: (1) shall be held for public purposes; and (2) is exempt from taxation of every character. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1031.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
• Texas Section 1031.052 - 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 1031.053 - Qualifications For Office
  To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must: (1) be a district resident; and (2) have resided in the district for at...
• Texas Section 1031.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
  (a) Each director may be required to execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
• Texas Section 1031.055 - 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 1031.056 - Officers
  The board shall: (1) elect a president from among its members; and (2) appoint a secretary from among its members. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1031.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by...
• Texas Section 1031.058 - 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 1031.059 - Meetings
  (a) A board meeting may be called by the president or any three directors. (b) Notice of the time and place of a board meeting...
• Texas Section 1031.060 - District Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a district administrator. (b) The district administrator may not receive an employment contract for a specified term and may be...
• Texas Section 1031.061 - Employment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may employ a general manager and other necessary professional and clerical personnel. (b) The board may spend district money to recruit physicians,...
• Texas Section 1031.062 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract to provide administrative and other personnel for the operation of the health care facilities. (b) The term of the contract...
• Texas Section 1031.063 - 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 1031.064 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  Except as provided by Sections 1031.054 and 1031.060, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1031.065 - Seal
  The board may adopt a seal for the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1031.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical, hospital, and health care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1031.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
  Garza County or a municipality in Garza County may not impose a tax for health care purposes. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1031.103 - Management And Control
  The management and control of the district is vested in the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1031.104 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities. (b) On approval by the board, the rules may be...
• Texas Section 1031.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) The board may prescribe the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district. (b) The board shall prescribe: (1)...
• Texas Section 1031.106 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board may: (1) purchase or lease property, including facilities or equipment, for the district to use in the health care system; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1031.107 - Competitive Bidding
  The district may not enter into a contract that requires the district to spend at least $15,000 and creates or imposes any type of obligation...
• Texas Section 1031.108 - Emergency Medical Services
  The board may spend district money to support emergency medical services in Garza County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1031.109 - 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 1031.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who claims to be indigent is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances...
• Texas Section 1031.111 - Nonindigent Residents
  The board may provide access to medical care to a nonindigent resident of Garza County if the nonindigent resident is charged the reasonable and customary...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1031.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  Sec. 1031.112. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court...
• Texas Section 1031.151 - Budget
  The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts...
• Texas Section 1031.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And Hearing
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published in a newspaper of...
• Texas Section 1031.153 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1031.154 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the fiscal year. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1031.155 - Depository Or Treasurer
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for two years and...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1031.156 - Authority To Borrow Money; 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 1031.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair,...
• Texas Section 1031.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1031.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1031.203 - 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 1031.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The district may issue revenue bonds for any health care purpose, including a purpose described by Section 1031.201, only if the bonds are authorized...
• Texas Section 1031.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds in the manner provided by this subchapter to refund outstanding bonds issued by the district....
• Texas Section 1031.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than the 40th anniversary of the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1031.207 - 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. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1031.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) On final approval of the annual budget, the board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1031.252 - 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 1031.253 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
  The board may call an election to increase the maximum tax rate of the district to a specified rate allowed by law on each $100...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1031.254 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) 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...
• Texas Section 1031.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b)...
• Texas Section 1031.302 - 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 1031.303 - Ballot
  Sec. 1031.303. BALLOT.The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the...
• Texas Section 1031.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1031.305 - Transfer, Sale, Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1031.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person may not contravene a trust...
• Texas Section 1031.307 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1031.308 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016