Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1049 - Kimble County Hospital District Of Kimble County, Texas
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1049.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Kimble County. (3) "Director"...
- Texas Section 1049.002 - 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 1049.003 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Kimble County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
- Texas Section 1049.004 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
The support and maintenance of the district's hospital system and any indebtedness incurred by the district under this chapter may not become a charge against...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1049.005 - 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 1049.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An election shall be held...
- Texas Section 1049.052 - Qualifications For Office
To qualify for election to the board, a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age; (2) have been a district resident for...
- Texas Section 1049.053 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
(a) Each director shall qualify for office by executing a good and sufficient commercial bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and...
- Texas Section 1049.054 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, a majority of the directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1049.055 - Officers
The board shall elect from among its members a president, a secretary, and a treasurer at the first meeting after each director's election. Added by...
- Texas Section 1049.056 - Compensation; Expenses
A director serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 1049.057 - District Administrator
(a) The board may employ a district administrator to manage the operations of the hospital system. (b) The district administrator may employ necessary personnel to...
- Texas Section 1049.058 - Employees
The board may employ an attorney, a general manager, a bookkeeper, an architect, and other employees necessary for the efficient operation of the district. Added...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1049.059 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
The board shall: (1) maintain all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and other matters of the district and its operation, at the district...
- Texas Section 1049.101 - District Responsibility
The district shall provide all necessary hospital and medical care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1049.102 - 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 to provide hospital service...
- Texas Section 1049.103 - Management And Control Of District
The board has full power to manage and control the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
- Texas Section 1049.104 - Hospital System
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 residents....
- Texas Section 1049.105 - Rules
(a) The board shall adopt rules for the efficient operation of the district, including district facilities. (b) The board shall: (1) publish the rules in...
- Texas Section 1049.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
The board may prescribe the method of making purchases and expenditures and the manner of accounting and control used by the district. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1049.107 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in real, personal, or mixed property located...
- Texas Section 1049.108 - Gifts And Endowments
The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board under the directions, limitations,...
- Texas Section 1049.109 - Contracts For Health Care
The board may contract with any public or private entity, including a charitable organization, the federal government, this state, or any political subdivision, to provide...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1049.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) A person who resides in the district is entitled to receive necessary medical and hospital care regardless of whether the person has the ability...
- Texas Section 1049.151 - Budget
The board shall prepare a budget that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts and collections for the next fiscal year; and (3)...
- Texas Section 1049.152 - 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 1049.153 - Fiscal Year
The district's fiscal year is from October 1 to September 30. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
- Texas Section 1049.154 - Annual Audit
(a) The board annually shall require an independent audit of the district's books and records. (b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the...
- Texas Section 1049.155 - Depository
(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank in Kimble County as the district's depository. A designated bank serves for two years and until...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1049.156 - 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 1049.201 - Bonds
The district may issue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings and improvements; and (2) equip buildings for hospital purposes. Added by...
- Texas Section 1049.202 - Tax To Pay Bonds
The board may issue bonds under Section 1049.201 only if the board imposes an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest...
- Texas Section 1049.203 - Bond Election
(a) The board may issue bonds under Section 1049.201 only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of district voters voting in an election...
- Texas Section 1049.204 - 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 1049.205 - 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. Added by Acts 2007,...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1049.206 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue and sell revenue bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to purchase, construct, acquire,...
- Texas Section 1049.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used only to:...
- Texas Section 1049.252 - Tax Rate
The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....
SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 1049.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
(a) The tax assessor-collector for Kimble County shall collect taxes for the district. (b) The tax assessor-collector is entitled to a reasonable fee that is...
- Texas Section 1049.301 - Dissolution; Election
(a) The district may be dissolved on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) The...
- Texas Section 1049.302 - Notice Of Election
(a) The commissioners court shall publish a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week...
- Texas Section 1049.303 - Ballot
The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The Dissolution of Kimble County Hospital...
- Texas Section 1049.304 - Election Results
(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the commissioners court shall, within 10 days after the date...
- Texas Section 1049.305 - Audit; Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
(a) Within 30 days after the election results are filed under Section 1049.304, the commissioners court shall employ an independent audit of the dissolved district's...
Last modified: September 28, 2016