Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1050 - Knox County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1050.001 - 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 1050.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1050.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1050.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Knox County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1050.005 - 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 1050.006 - Public Purpose; Tax Exemption
  All property owned by the district: (1) shall be held for public purposes; and (2) is exempt from taxation of every character. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1050.051 - Board Election And Appointment; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors as follows: (1) four directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of Knox County to...
• Texas Section 1050.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Knox County....
• Texas Section 1050.053 - Ballot Application
  A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for elected director must file with the board secretary...
• Texas Section 1050.054 - Qualifications For Office
  Sec. 1050.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) A person is not qualified for appointment or election as a director unless the person: (1) is a district...
• Texas Section 1050.055 - 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 1050.056 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of an elected director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If...
• Texas Section 1050.057 - Director Rights, Privileges, And Duties
  The directors have identical rights, privileges, and duties in all matters concerning the board's business. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1050.058 - Officers
  The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1050.059 - 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 1050.060 - 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 1050.061 - Employees
  The board may employ a general manager, attorneys, bookkeepers, architects, or any other employees considered necessary for the efficient operation of the district. Added by...
• Texas Section 1050.062 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  Except as provided by Section 1050.055, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1050.063 - 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,
• Texas Section 1050.101 - 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 1050.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation And Debt
  Knox County or a municipality in Knox County may not impose a tax on property in the district for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1050.103 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities. (b) On approval of the board, the rules may be...
• Texas Section 1050.104 - 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 1050.105 - 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 1050.106 - 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 1050.107 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1050.108 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court in this state. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1050.151 - 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 1050.152 - 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 1050.153 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30, unless otherwise established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not...
• Texas Section 1050.154 - 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 1050.155 - Depository
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank as the district's depository. A designated bank serves for two years until a successor is designated....

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1050.156 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money at a rate of interest the board determines is appropriate. (b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:...
• Texas Section 1050.201 - 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 1050.202 - 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 1050.203 - 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 1050.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  Sec. 1050.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1050.205 - 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 1050.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1050.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
• Texas Section 1050.208 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1050.209 - 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...
• Texas Section 1050.251 - 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 1050.252 - Tax Rate
  The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 35 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district, unless...
• Texas Section 1050.253 - 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 1050.254 - Tax Assessor-collector
  The board may: (1) appoint a tax assessor-collector for the district; or (2) contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the...
• Texas Section 1050.301 - 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 1050.302 - 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 1050.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Knox County...
• Texas Section 1050.304 - 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 1050.305 - Transfer 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 1050.306 - 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 1050.307 - 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