Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1056 - Martin County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1056.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district. (2) "District" means the Martin County Hospital District. (3) "Manager" means...
- Texas Section 1056.002 - Authority For Operation
The Martin County Hospital District operates in accordance with and has the powers and responsibilities provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1056.003 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Martin County. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
- Texas Section 1056.051 - Board Appointment; Term
(a) The board consists of six managers appointed by the Martin County Commissioners Court. (b) Managers serve staggered two-year terms, with three managers appointed each...
- Texas Section 1056.0515 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To be qualified to serve as a manager, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a registered voter. (b)...
- Texas Section 1056.052 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of manager, the remaining managers shall appoint a manager for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
- Texas Section 1056.053 - Nonattendance
The failure of a manager to attend three consecutive regular board meetings causes a vacancy in the manager's office unless the absence is excused by...
- Texas Section 1056.054 - Officers
(a) The board shall select from among the managers a chair and a vice chair. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
- Texas Section 1056.055 - Compensation; Expenses
A manager serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of the manager's duties...
- Texas Section 1056.056 - Quorum
A majority of the board present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1056.057 - Records Of Proceedings
The board shall require the secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 551, Government...
- Texas Section 1056.058 - District Administrator
(a) The board shall appoint a general manager qualified by training and experience as the district administrator. (b) The district administrator is entitled to receive...
- Texas Section 1056.059 - 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 1056.060 - 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 1056.061 - Legal Counsel
The board may employ legal counsel to represent the district in all legal matters when the board considers the employment advisable. Added by Acts 2009,...
- Texas Section 1056.062 - Employees
The board shall authorize the district administrator to employ any employees as considered advisable for the efficient operation of the hospital or hospital system. Added...
- Texas Section 1056.0625 - Employment Of Physicians And Other Health Care Providers
(a) The board may employ physicians or other health care providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district. (b) The...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1056.063 - Retirement Program
The board may: (1) contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of...
- Texas Section 1056.101 - District Responsibility
(a) The district shall admit patients to the hospital who are: (1) district inhabitants; and (2) able to pay for medical and hospital care. (b)...
- Texas Section 1056.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
Martin County or a municipality in the county may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
- Texas Section 1056.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital or hospital system. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01,...
- Texas Section 1056.104 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the hospital or hospital system, including bylaws governing board proceedings. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...
- Texas Section 1056.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
(a) The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and...
- Texas Section 1056.106 - 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 1056.107 - 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 1056.108 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board may contract with: (1) any county for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county; and (2) this...
- Texas Section 1056.109 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient from Martin County is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1056.110 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The board may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
- Texas Section 1056.151 - 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. Added...
- Texas Section 1056.152 - Annual Audit
As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall have an audit made of the district's books and records for...
- Texas Section 1056.153 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1056.154 - Depository
(a) Every two years, the board shall select one or more depositories for the district in the manner provided for securing county funds. (b) All...
- Texas Section 1056.201 - General Obligation Bonds
The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds for any purpose relating to: (1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or...
- Texas Section 1056.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) An ad valorem tax shall be imposed at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and...
- Texas Section 1056.203 - 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 1056.2035 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
- Texas Section 1056.204 - 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 1056.205 - Execution Of Bonds
(a) The board's presiding officer shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts 2009,...
- Texas Section 1056.206 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1056.207 - 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 1056.251 - 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 1056.252 - Tax Rate
The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. Added...
SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 1056.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the Martin County tax assessor-collector shall collect the taxes imposed on all property subject to district taxation. (b)...
- Texas Section 1056.301 - Dissolution; Election
(a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the voters of the district voting in an election held for that...
- Texas Section 1056.302 - 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 1056.303 - Ballot
The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Martin County...
- Texas Section 1056.304 - 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 1056.305 - 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 1056.306 - 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 1056.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
(a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...
Last modified: September 28, 2016