Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1048 - Karnes County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1048.001 - 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 1048.002 - Authority For Creation
  The district is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1048.003 - 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 1048.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Karnes County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1048.005 - 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 1048.006 - 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.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1048.007 - 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 1048.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board is governed by seven directors elected at large by place. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
• Texas Section 1048.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the district in...
• Texas Section 1048.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a qualified voter; and (2) a resident of...
• Texas Section 1048.054 - Bond
  (a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
• Texas Section 1048.055 - 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 1048.056 - 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 1048.057 - 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 1048.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of four 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 1048.059 - District Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled...
• Texas Section 1048.060 - 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...
• Texas Section 1048.061 - Employees; Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff the physicians, dentists, and podiatrists the board determines necessary for the efficient operation of...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1048.062 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
• Texas Section 1048.101 - District Responsibility
  (a) The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. (b) The district shall provide all necessary hospital and medical...
• Texas Section 1048.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
• Texas Section 1048.103 - 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 1048.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's...
• Texas Section 1048.105 - 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 1048.106 - 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 1048.107 - 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 1048.108 - 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 1048.109 - 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 1048.110 - Construction And Purchase Contracts
  A construction or purchase contract that involves an expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, must comply with the...
• Texas Section 1048.111 - 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 1048.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospital Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
• Texas Section 1048.113 - 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 as to the hospital or...
• Texas Section 1048.114 - Care And Treatment For Indigent
  The district shall provide health care and treatment to an individual determined to be indigent in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the board....
• Texas Section 1048.115 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1048.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  (a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
• Texas Section 1048.151 - 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 1048.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) Not later than the 10th day before the date of the...
• Texas Section 1048.153 - 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 1048.154 - 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 1048.155 - 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 in...
• Texas Section 1048.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1048.157 - Inspection Of 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 1048.158 - 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 1048.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than...
• Texas Section 1048.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1048.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1048.161 - 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 1048.201 - 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 1048.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1048.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1048.203 - Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue bonds, other than refunding bonds, wholly or partly secured by an ad valorem tax only if the bonds are authorized...
• Texas Section 1048.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital system purposes; or (2)...
• Texas Section 1048.205 - 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 1048.206 - 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...
• Texas Section 1048.207 - 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....
• Texas Section 1048.208 - 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...
• Texas Section 1048.209 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1048.210 - 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 1048.251 - 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 1048.252 - 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 1048.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  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 as...
• Texas Section 1048.301 - 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 1048.302 - 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 1048.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Karnes County...
• Texas Section 1048.304 - 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 1048.305 - Transfer 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 1048.306 - 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 1048.307 - 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