Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1064 - Moore County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1064.001 - 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 1064.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Moore County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this...
• Texas Section 1064.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1064.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Moore County, Texas, unless the boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1064.005 - 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...
• Texas Section 1064.006 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1064.007 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1064.051 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "medical staff" means physicians who: (1) are licensed to practice medicine in this state; and (2) hold medical staff privileges granted by...
• Texas Section 1064.052 - Board; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors, appointed as follows: (1) six directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of Moore County; and (2) one director...
• Texas Section 1064.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) Except...
• Texas Section 1064.054 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of a director, the entity that appointed the vacating director shall appoint a director for the unexpired term....
• Texas Section 1064.055 - 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 1064.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1064.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
• Texas Section 1064.058 - Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The administrator and any assistant...
• Texas Section 1064.059 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1064.060 - Appointment Of Staff; Employees
  (a) The board may appoint doctors to the staff as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1064.061 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
• Texas Section 1064.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
• Texas Section 1064.102 - 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 1064.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1064.104 - Hospital System; Ancillary Health Care Services System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; (2) equipping...
• Texas Section 1064.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1064.106 - 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 1064.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. (b) The board may lease all...
• Texas Section 1064.108 - 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 1064.109 - 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 1064.110 - Construction And Purchase Contracts
  (a) A construction or purchase contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made...
• Texas Section 1064.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1064.112 - Contracts For Certain Services
  The board may contract with any state, the United States, an agency or political subdivision of those entities, or a charitable or other private entity...
• Texas Section 1064.113 - Contracts For Health Care
  The board may contract with any public or private entity, including a charitable organization or a political subdivision, to provide health care or related services...
• Texas Section 1064.114 - 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 1064.115 - Reimbursement For Services
  (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...
• Texas Section 1064.116 - Sale Or Lease Of Hospital
  (a) In this section, "long-term lease" means a lease for a term that exceeds 10 years. (b) The board may not sell a hospital owned...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1064.117 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  (a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
• Texas Section 1064.151 - Territory That May Be Annexed
  (a) The district may annex territory that is not located in: (1) Moore County; (2) the boundaries of another hospital district; or (3) the proposed...
• Texas Section 1064.152 - Petition To Annex Territory
  (a) A petition requesting that territory be annexed to the district may be presented to the board. The petition must: (1) describe the tract or...
• Texas Section 1064.153 - Election Order
  (a) If, on receipt of a petition under Section 1064.152, the board finds that annexing the territory is in the district's best interest, the board...
• Texas Section 1064.154 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The establishment of the Moore County Hospital District with...
• Texas Section 1064.155 - Notice Of Election
  (a) Notice of the election shall be given by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in...
• Texas Section 1064.156 - Election Results
  (a) Territory may not be annexed to the district unless: (1) an election is held in accordance with this subchapter; and (2) the annexation is...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1064.157 - Effect Of Annexation
  (a) Territory annexed to the district is part of the district for all purposes. (b) The annexation of territory to the district does not change...
• Texas Section 1064.201 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:...
• Texas Section 1064.202 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption 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 1064.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1064.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1064.205 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates according to a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1064.206 - Audit
  (a) The district shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1064.207 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1064.208 - 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 1064.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more depositories for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1064.210(b), and...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1064.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1064.107(c) and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...
• Texas Section 1064.251 - General Obligation Bonds, Certificates Of Obligation, And Other Financing
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds, certificates of obligation, or any other type of financing authorized by the laws of this state,...
• Texas Section 1064.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1064.251, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
• Texas Section 1064.253 - 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 1064.254 - 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 1064.255 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
• Texas Section 1064.256 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
• Texas Section 1064.257 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER G TAXES

• Texas Section 1064.258 - 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 1064.301 - 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 1064.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district....
• Texas Section 1064.303 - Assessment And Collection Of Taxes In Same Manner As County
  (a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1064.304. (b) District taxes shall be assessed and collected...
• Texas Section 1064.304 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection...

Last modified: September 28, 2016