Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1032 - Gonzales Healthcare Systems

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1032.001 - 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 Gonzales...
• Texas Section 1032.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates and is administered and financed in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided...
• Texas Section 1032.003 - 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 1032.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Gonzales County except the district does not include the territory of the following districts...
• Texas Section 1032.005 - 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 1032.006 - 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 1032.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of nine directors elected as follows: (1) four directors, each of whom is elected from the county commissioners precinct represented by...
• Texas Section 1032.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code, in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively...
• Texas Section 1032.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter....
• Texas Section 1032.055 - 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 1032.056 - 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 1032.057 - 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 1032.058 - 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 1032.059 - 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 1032.060 - 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 1032.061 - 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 1032.101 - 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 1032.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located wholly or partly within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
• Texas Section 1032.103 - 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 1032.104 - 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 1032.105 - 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 1032.106 - 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 1032.107 - 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 1032.108 - 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 1032.109 - 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 1032.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1032.111 - 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 1032.112 - 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 1032.113 - 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 for the medical, hospital, or...
• Texas Section 1032.114 - 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 1032.115 - 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 1032.151 - 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 1032.152 - 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 1032.153 - 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 1032.154 - 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 1032.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period that...
• Texas Section 1032.156 - 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 1032.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual 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....
• Texas Section 1032.158 - 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 1032.159 - 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,...
• Texas Section 1032.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1032.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1032.161 - General 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 1032.201 - 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 1032.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1032.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1032.203 - 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. (b) The order calling...
• Texas Section 1032.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1032.205 - 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 1032.206 - 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 1032.207 - 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...
• Texas Section 1032.208 - 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 1032.209 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
  In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1032.210 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
  The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay: (1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to...
• Texas Section 1032.251 - 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 1032.252 - 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 1032.253 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1032.254. (b) The tax assessor-collector of Gonzales County shall...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1032.254 - 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 1032.301 - 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 1032.302 - 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 1032.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of Gonzales Healthcare Systems."...
• Texas Section 1032.304 - 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 1032.305 - Transfer Of 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 1032.306 - 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 1032.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016