Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1053 - Lubbock County Hospital District Of Lubbock County, Texas
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1053.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district. (2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Lubbock County. (3)...
- Texas Section 1053.002 - Authority For Operation
The district operates under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
- Texas Section 1053.003 - District Territory
(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Lubbock County, Texas, as the boundaries of Lubbock County appear of record according...
- Texas Section 1053.004 - District Support, Maintenance, And Debt Not State Obligation
The support and maintenance of the district's hospital system, including medical or other health facilities, and any indebtedness incurred by the district under this chapter...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1053.005 - 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 1053.051 - Board Appointment; Term
(a) The board consists of not fewer than six and not more than eight managers appointed as follows: (1) one ex officio manager appointed by...
- Texas Section 1053.052 - Ex Officio Manager
(a) The ex officio manager has all powers of another manager, except the ex officio manager may not vote. (b) The ex officio manager shall:...
- Texas Section 1053.053 - Officers
(a) The board shall select from among the managers a presiding officer, who shall preside over the board. (b) A presiding officer pro tem shall...
- Texas Section 1053.054 - Compensation
A manager serves without pay. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.
- Texas Section 1053.055 - Records Of Proceedings
(a) The secretary shall keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. (b) After each meeting: (1) the manager presiding at the meeting...
- Texas Section 1053.056 - District Administrator
(a) The board shall appoint a general manager qualified by training and experience as the district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves for a term...
- Texas Section 1053.057 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) perform the duties required by the board; (2) supervise the work and...
- Texas Section 1053.058 - Assistant Administrator
(a) The board may designate an assistant administrator to discharge a duty or function of the district administrator in the event of the administrator's incapacity,...
- Texas Section 1053.059 - Legal Counsel
(a) The appropriate county, district, or criminal district attorney charged with representing Lubbock County in civil matters shall represent the district in all legal matters....
- Texas Section 1053.060 - Employees; Appointment Of Staff
(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors and employ any technicians, nurses, and other employees considered advisable for the efficient operation of...
- Texas Section 1053.061 - Retirement Program
(a) With the approval of the commissioners court, the board may contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to establish or continue...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1053.062 - Seal
The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the acts of the board. The secretary of the board shall keep...
- Texas Section 1053.101 - District Responsibility
(a) The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. (b) The district shall provide all...
- Texas Section 1053.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
A political subdivision, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical...
- Texas Section 1053.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital or hospital system, including medical or other health facilities of the district. Added by Acts 2007,...
- Texas Section 1053.104 - Hospital System
(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system, including medical or other health facilities within its boundaries to provide hospital...
- Texas Section 1053.105 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the hospital or hospital system, including medical or other health facilities. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 1053.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
(a) The commissioners court may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting...
- Texas Section 1053.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) Subject to Subchapter D and to approval by the commissioners court, the board may: (1) construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate,...
- Texas Section 1053.108 - 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, real, personal,...
- Texas Section 1053.109 - 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 1053.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board, with the approval of the commissioners court, may contract with: (1) a county for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
- Texas Section 1053.111 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: (1) the patient;...
SUBCHAPTER D SALE OR LEASE OF CERTAIN FACILITY
- Texas Section 1053.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The board may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.
- Texas Section 1053.151 - Definition
In this subchapter, "hospital official" means the following officers or employees, or their equivalent, of the teaching hospital described by Section 1053.152(a): (1) the executive...
- Texas Section 1053.152 - Resolution; Sale Or Lease Of Facility
(a) Subject to Subsection (c) and the approval of the commissioners court, the board by resolution may order the sale or lease of a facility...
- Texas Section 1053.153 - Election
(a) As soon as possible after the board adopts a resolution under Section 1053.152, the commissioners court shall order an election on the question of...
- Texas Section 1053.154 - Ballot
The ballot for an election under this subchapter shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Approving the ________ (sale or lease,...
- Texas Section 1053.155 - Disclosure Of Sale Or Lease Terms
The presiding officer of the board shall disclose the terms of the proposed sale or lease of a facility described by Section 1053.152 not later...
- Texas Section 1053.156 - Disclosure Of Financial Interest
(a) In this section, "substantial interest" has the meaning assigned by Section 171.002, Local Government Code. (b) A manager or hospital official shall disclose any...
- Texas Section 1053.157 - Disclosure; Public Record
(a) A person shall make a disclosure required under Section 1053.155 or 1053.156 by filing the disclosure with the commissioners court and the board. (b)...
- Texas Section 1053.158 - Election Cancellation
The commissioners court shall cancel an election ordered under this subchapter if a hospital official makes a disclosure under Sections 1053.156 and 1053.157 at any...
- Texas Section 1053.159 - Subsequent Elections
If a majority of the votes cast at an election under this subchapter do not approve the sale or lease of a facility under this...
- Texas Section 1053.160 - Sale Or Lease Not Invalid
A disclosure under this subchapter that is made after the date on which the sale or lease of the facility occurs does not invalidate the...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1053.161 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person required to make a disclosure under Section 1053.156 commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to make the disclosure within the...
- Texas Section 1053.201 - Budget
(a) The district administrator, under the direction of the board, shall prepare an annual budget. (b) The budget must be approved by the board and...
- Texas Section 1053.202 - Financial Report
(a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare a report that includes: (1) a complete sworn...
- Texas Section 1053.203 - Depository
(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for selection of a county depository. The depository serves...
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS
- Texas Section 1053.204 - Warrants
A warrant against district money does not require the signature of the county clerk of Lubbock County. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1053.251 - General Obligation Bonds
The commissioners court may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase,...
- Texas Section 1053.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) An ad valorem tax shall be imposed on all property in the district subject to district taxation at a rate sufficient to create an...
- Texas Section 1053.253 - 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 1053.254 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
(a) The county judge of Lubbock County shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The county clerk of Lubbock County shall...
SUBCHAPTER G TAXES
- Texas Section 1053.255 - Refunding Bonds
(a) Refunding bonds may be issued without an election and in the manner provided by this subchapter to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by...
- Texas Section 1053.301 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The commissioners court shall impose a tax for the benefit of the district on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
- Texas Section 1053.302 - Tax Rate
The commissioners court shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district....
- Texas Section 1053.303 - County Tax Assessor-collector
The tax assessor-collector of Lubbock County shall collect the taxes imposed on all property subject to district taxation. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016