Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1062 - Mitchell County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1062.001 - 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 1062.002 - 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 1062.003 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of: (1) Commissioners Precincts Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of Mitchell County, Texas, as those...
• Texas Section 1062.004 - 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 1062.005 - 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 1062.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
• Texas Section 1062.052 - 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 1062.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be qualified for election to the board, a person must be: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) A district...
• Texas Section 1062.054 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall elect a director to hold office for the...
• Texas Section 1062.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall elect a person, who is not...
• Texas Section 1062.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in attending to district business. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1062.057 - 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 1062.058 - 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 1062.059 - 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 1062.060 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff or may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers necessary for the efficient...
• Texas Section 1062.061 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract to provide administrative and other personnel for the operation of the hospital facilities. (b) The term of the contract may...
• Texas Section 1062.062 - Educational Programs; Courses
  The board may provide or contract to provide educational programs or courses for district employees and medical staff. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1062.063 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in a statewide retirement system....
• Texas Section 1062.101 - 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 1062.102 - 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 1062.103 - 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 1062.104 - Hospital System
  The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping the...
• Texas Section 1062.105 - 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 1062.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and control...
• Texas Section 1062.107 - 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 here prohibits the establishing and...
• Texas Section 1062.108 - 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 1062.109 - 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 1062.110 - Construction Contracts
  The board may contract for construction only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 1062.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1062.112 - 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 1062.113 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1062.114 - 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 1062.151 - 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 1062.152 - Notice; Hearing; Approval Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice...
• Texas Section 1062.153 - 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 1062.154 - 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 1062.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) if revenue bonds of...
• Texas Section 1062.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually 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....
• Texas Section 1062.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual 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....
• Texas Section 1062.158 - 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 1062.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be immediately deposited on...
• Texas Section 1062.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  Sec. 1062.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.Except as otherwise provided by Section 1062.107(e) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from...
• Texas Section 1062.161 - General 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...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1062.162 - Authority To Borrow Money In Emergency; 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 1062.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district...
• Texas Section 1062.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1062.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1062.203 - 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 1062.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1062.205 - 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),...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1062.206 - 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...
• Texas Section 1062.251 - 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 1062.252 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1062.253 - 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...
• Texas Section 1062.301 - 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 1062.302 - 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 copy of the...
• Texas Section 1062.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Mitchell County...
• Texas Section 1062.304 - 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 1062.305 - Transfer, Sale, 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 1062.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person may not contravene a trust...
• Texas Section 1062.307 - 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 1062.308 - 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