Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1054 - Lynn County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1054.001 - 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 1054.002 - Authority For Operation
  The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter. Added by...
• Texas Section 1054.003 - 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 1054.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Lynn County, Texas. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
• Texas Section 1054.005 - 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 1054.006 - 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 1054.051 - 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 1054.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of...
• Texas Section 1054.053 - Ballot Petition
  A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a...
• Texas Section 1054.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a district resident; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1054.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
• Texas Section 1054.056 - Board Vacancy
  (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 1054.0565 - Removal Of Director
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director: (1) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board...
• Texas Section 1054.057 - 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 1054.058 - Expenses
  A director or officer may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be: (1) reported in the...
• Texas Section 1054.059 - 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 1054.060 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1054.061 - 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 1054.062 - Employees; Appointment Of Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors and employ any technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers necessary for the efficient...
• Texas Section 1054.063 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff
  The board may spend district money to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical personnel. The board may pay the tuition or other education-related costs...
• Texas Section 1054.064 - Continuing Education; Retraining
  The board may spend district money for continuing education and retraining of district employees. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1054.065 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in: (A) the Texas County...
• Texas Section 1054.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1054.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical...
• Texas Section 1054.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1054.104 - Hospital System
  The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings...
• Texas Section 1054.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff....
• Texas Section 1054.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district in a manner consistent with Subtitle...
• Texas Section 1054.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the...
• Texas Section 1054.108 - 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 1054.109 - 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 1054.110 - Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of...
• Texas Section 1054.111 - 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 1054.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Services
  (a) The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish...
• Texas Section 1054.113 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  The board may provide emergency services, home health care services, long-term health care services, special care facility services, or any other health care services the...
• Texas Section 1054.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the...
• Texas Section 1054.115 - Reimbursement For Service
  (a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1054.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through 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...
• Texas Section 1054.151 - Budget
  The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec....
• Texas Section 1054.152 - Notice; Hearing; Approval Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least...
• Texas Section 1054.153 - 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 1054.154 - 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 1054.155 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1054.156 - Audit
  The board shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02,...
• Texas Section 1054.157 - Inspection Of Audit And District Records
  The 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. 920...
• Texas Section 1054.158 - 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 1054.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be...
• Texas Section 1054.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  Except as otherwise provided by Section 1054.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1054.161 - 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 1054.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct,...
• Texas Section 1054.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1054.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1054.2025 - 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 1054.203 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1054.204 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding...
• Texas Section 1054.205 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than the 50th anniversary of the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1054.206 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1054.207 - 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 1054.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to...
• Texas Section 1054.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition...
• Texas Section 1054.253 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016