Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1067 - Muenster Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1067.001 - Definitions
  Sec. 1067.001. DEFINITIONS.In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District"...
• Texas Section 1067.002 - Authority For Creation
  The Muenster Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1067.003 - 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 1067.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2a, Chapter 477, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 1067.005 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1067.006 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1067.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district consists of nine elected directors. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An election shall be held on the uniform election date...
• Texas Section 1067.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district in accordance...
• Texas Section 1067.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a qualified voter. (b)...
• Texas Section 1067.054 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1067.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
• Texas Section 1067.056 - 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 1067.057 - 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 1067.058 - 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 hospital; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1067.059 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board, with the district administrator, may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district....
• Texas Section 1067.060 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1067.061 - 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 1067.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of the indigent persons in the district; and...
• Texas Section 1067.102 - 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 for medical treatment of...
• Texas Section 1067.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's business, money, and resources. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1067.104 - Hospital Or Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment, administration, maintenance, operation, and financing of a hospital or hospital system in the district. (b) The district...
• Texas Section 1067.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1067.106 - 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 1067.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board has exclusive authority to determine the type, character, and use of facilities in the hospital system. (b) The board may: (1) purchase...
• Texas Section 1067.108 - 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 1067.109 - 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 1067.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
• Texas Section 1067.111 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When an indigent patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility or a person who does not reside in the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1067.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through 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...
• Texas Section 1067.151 - Budget
  Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each fiscal year, the board shall have an annual budget prepared for that fiscal...
• Texas Section 1067.152 - Notice; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each fiscal year, the board shall give notice of a public hearing on...
• Texas Section 1067.153 - Amendments To Budget
  After the annual budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1067.154 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period...
• Texas Section 1067.155 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. (b) The audit shall be open to inspection at all times...
• Texas Section 1067.156 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1067.157 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  Sec. 1067.157. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY. (a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed...
• Texas Section 1067.201 - 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 1067.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) For general obligation bonds issued under Section 1067.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest...
• Texas Section 1067.203 - 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 1067.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1067.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by...
• Texas Section 1067.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The district may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements; (2) equip buildings or improvements for hospitals...
• Texas Section 1067.207 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund any bond issued by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold, with the...
• Texas Section 1067.208 - 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 1067.209 - 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 1067.210 - 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 1067.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to pay:...
• Texas Section 1067.252 - 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 1067.253 - 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 1067.301 - 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 1067.302 - 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 1067.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Muenster Hospital...
• Texas Section 1067.304 - 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 1067.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment,...
• Texas Section 1067.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the...
• Texas Section 1067.307 - 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 1067.308 - 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