Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1047 - Jasper Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1047.001 - 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 1047.002 - Authority For Creation; Judicial Notice
  (a) The district is created under Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and this chapter. (b) A court shall take judicial notice of the district's...
• Texas Section 1047.003 - Nature Of District
  The district is a governmental agency. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1047.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 1 and 2 of Jasper County, as those boundaries existed on...
• Texas Section 1047.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of nine directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
• Texas Section 1047.052 - Qualifications For Office
  A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person: (1) is a district resident; (2) owns land in the district...
• Texas Section 1047.053 - Oath; Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath
  (a) Before undertaking any official duties, each director must take an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of office without favor or partiality. (b) Each...
• Texas Section 1047.054 - Board Vacancy; Special Election
  (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 1047.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a secretary. (b) Each officer of the board serves until the next directors'...
• Texas Section 1047.056 - Removal From Office
  A director may be removed from office in the same manner and for the same causes as county officers under state law. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1047.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of the director's duties under this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 1047.058 - Meetings
  (a) The board shall: (1) meet at least once a month; and (2) hold special meetings as the board considers necessary. (b) A taxpayer, resident,...
• Texas Section 1047.059 - 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 1047.060 - Maintenance Of Records
  (a) The board shall: (1) keep an account of all board meetings and proceedings; and (2) maintain in a safe place all district records and...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1047.061 - Employees
  The board: (1) may employ a general manager or administrator, an attorney, a bookkeeper, and an architect; and (2) shall employ all other employees necessary...
• Texas Section 1047.101 - General Powers
  (a) The board has full management and control of all district business. The board may negotiate and contract with any person to purchase or lease...
• Texas Section 1047.102 - Hospital System
  The district may contract for the purchase of land, for the hospital system, and for the construction of the hospital. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1047.103 - 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 1047.104 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust by the board for the purposes and under the...
• Texas Section 1047.105 - Contract In Name Of District
  The district shall contract in the name of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1047.106 - Construction Contracts
  (a) A contract for making and constructing improvements authorized by this chapter and any necessary related work for which the cost exceeds $10,000 shall be...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1047.107 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through the board, may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1047.151 - Book Of Accounts; Annual Audit
  (a) The board shall have kept a complete book of accounts for the district. (b) On June 1 of each year, the board shall select...
• Texas Section 1047.152 - Depository
  The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository. The depository serves...
• Texas Section 1047.153 - Purchasing Authority
  The board may purchase all necessary supplies, materials, and office equipment to meet the needs of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1047.154 - Payment Vouchers
  A voucher for the payment of district money shall be signed by at least two directors. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1047.201 - Bonds
  The district may issue bonds to: (1) purchase a site for, construct, and initially equip a hospital system; and (2) purchase, lease, acquire, equip, maintain,...
• Texas Section 1047.202 - Cancellation Of Bond
  (a) On the payment of interest or for the redemption of district bonds, the depository shall receive and cancel any interest coupon paid or bond...
• Texas Section 1047.203 - Record Of Bond Issuance
  (a) When bonds are issued, the board shall procure and deliver to the county treasurer a well-bound book containing a list of the following information...
• Texas Section 1047.204 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued by the district with the consent of the holders of the bonds to...
• Texas Section 1047.205 - Registration Of Refunding Bonds
  (a) After registration of refunding bonds, the comptroller shall: (1) cancel the bonds to be refunded and the interest coupons for those bonds; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1047.206 - Tax To Pay Refunding Bonds
  (a) Before refunding bonds authorized by Section 1047.204 are delivered, the board shall impose a sufficient tax to pay the principal of and interest on...
• Texas Section 1047.207 - Bond Proceeds
  The directors shall promptly pay over the proceeds from the sale of district bonds to the depository to the credit of the district. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1047.208 - Bond Election Expenses
  All expenses incident to holding a bond election shall be paid out of any district funds except the interest and sinking funds for bonds. Added...
• Texas Section 1047.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The district may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to: (1)...
• Texas Section 1047.252 - Tax Rate
  The district may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. Added...

SUBCHAPTER G MERGER

• Texas Section 1047.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  The tax assessor-collector of Jasper County shall assess and collect taxes for the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1047.301 - Merger
  (a) If a countywide hospital district is created for Jasper County or if a district is created for the territory in Jasper County that is...

Last modified: September 28, 2016