Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1043 - Hopkins County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1043.001 - 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 1043.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates under the authority of and has the powers and responsibilities provided by Section 11, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1043.003 - Essential Public Function; Political Subdivision
  The district is: (1) a public entity performing an essential public function; and (2) a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1043.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Hopkins County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1043.005 - 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...
• Texas Section 1043.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven elected directors. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An election shall be held on the uniform election date...
• Texas Section 1043.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code....
• Texas Section 1043.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; (2) a qualified voter of...
• Texas Section 1043.0535 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director is absent from at least four regularly scheduled board meetings that the...
• Texas Section 1043.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
  (a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
• Texas Section 1043.055 - 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 1043.056 - Officers
  The board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1043.057 - 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 1043.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1043.059 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may employ an attorney, bookkeeper, and architect. (a-1) The board may delegate to the chief executive officer the authority to hire, terminate,...
• Texas Section 1043.060 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  Except as provided by Section 1043.054, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of...
• Texas Section 1043.061 - 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,

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1043.062 - Chief Executive Officer
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as the chief executive officer of the district. (b) The chief executive officer serves at the will...
• Texas Section 1043.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1043.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
  Hopkins County or a municipality in Hopkins County may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1043.103 - 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 1043.104 - Hospital System
  The district may provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to the district's needy residents. Added...
• Texas Section 1043.105 - 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 1043.106 - 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 1043.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location, either inside or outside the district, of facilities required to maintain an adequate hospital system...
• Texas Section 1043.108 - Property, Facilities, And Equipment For Health Care Providers
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to establish and maintain office facilities for health care providers as necessary...
• Texas Section 1043.109 - 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, real, personal,...
• Texas Section 1043.110 - 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 any nonprofit purpose...
• Texas Section 1043.111 - Joint Ownership Arrangement
  (a) The board may enter into a joint ownership arrangement for the district with one or more public or private entities for: (1) the provision...
• Texas Section 1043.112 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: (1) the patient; and...
• Texas Section 1043.113 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may become a member of a nonprofit corporation or enter into an agreement with a nonprofit corporation to serve the purposes of...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1043.114 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1043.151 - 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 1043.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And Hearing
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a...
• Texas Section 1043.153 - 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 1043.154 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the fiscal year. (b) Not later than December...
• Texas Section 1043.155 - Depository Or Treasurer
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks in Hopkins County as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1043.156 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) If the board declares that money is not available to meet authorized district obligations, the board may: (1) by majority vote borrow money to...
• Texas Section 1043.201 - 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 1043.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of...
• Texas Section 1043.203 - 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 1043.204 - 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 1043.205 - 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. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1043.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements, including necessary equipment and furnishings, for hospital...
• Texas Section 1043.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1043.208 - 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) any transaction...
• Texas Section 1043.251 - 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 1043.252 - Tax Rate
  The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district...
• Texas Section 1043.253 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
  (a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1043.254 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the tax assessor-collector of Hopkins County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. (b) The board...
• Texas Section 1043.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved and the district's assets and liabilities sold or transferred to another person only on approval of a majority of...
• Texas Section 1043.302 - 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 1043.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Hopkins County...
• Texas Section 1043.304 - 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 1043.305 - 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