Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1037 - Hamlin Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1037.001 - 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 1037.002 - Authority For Creation
  The district is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. The district has the rights, powers, and duties conferred by this...
• Texas Section 1037.003 - 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 1037.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 561, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1037.005 - 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 1037.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1037.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large in the manner provided by Section 1037.0515. (b) Unless four-year terms are...
• Texas Section 1037.0515 - Election Of Directors By Cumulative Voting
  (a) All directors shall be elected at large using the cumulative voting procedure prescribed by this section. (b) All director positions to be filled at...
• Texas Section 1037.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least five days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of...
• Texas Section 1037.053 - 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 1037.054 - Qualifications For Office
  To be eligible to hold office as a director, a person must be a resident property-owning taxpaying voter of the district. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1037.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1037.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, secretary, and other officers as in the judgment of the board are...
• Texas Section 1037.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may receive actual expenses incurred in attending to district business on approval of the expenses by the remainder of...
• Texas Section 1037.058 - 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 1037.059 - 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 1037.060 - 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 1037.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1037.102 - 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 for the area of...
• Texas Section 1037.103 - 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 1037.104 - 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 1037.105 - 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 1037.106 - 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 1037.107 - 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 1037.108 - 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 1037.109 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment for hospital purposes to be held in trust and administered by the board for...
• Texas Section 1037.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $2,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and...
• Texas Section 1037.111 - 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 1037.112 - 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 1037.113 - 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 1037.114 - 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 1037.115 - 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 1037.151 - 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 1037.152 - 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 1037.153 - Amendments To Budget
  The annual budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1037.154 - 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 1037.155 - Audit
  (a) The board shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1037.156 - 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 1037.157 - 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 1037.158 - 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,...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1037.159 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1037.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the board may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...
• Texas Section 1037.201 - 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 1037.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1037.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
• Texas Section 1037.203 - 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 1037.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes;...
• Texas Section 1037.205 - 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 1037.206 - 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 1037.207 - 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 1037.208 - 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 1037.251 - 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 1037.252 - 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 1037.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board shall appoint a tax assessor-collector to assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. (b) The district tax assessor-collector must reside in...
• Texas Section 1037.301 - 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 1037.302 - 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 1037.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Hamlin Hospital...
• Texas Section 1037.304 - 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 1037.305 - Transfer, Sale, Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1037.306 - 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 1037.307 - 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 1037.308 - 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