Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1069 - Nacogdoches County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1069.001 - 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 1069.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Nacogdoches 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 1069.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1069.004 - District Territory
  Unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D, the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Nacogdoches County, Texas. Added by...
• Texas Section 1069.005 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1069.006 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1069.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of: (1) one director elected from each commissioners precinct; and (2) three directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless...
• Texas Section 1069.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 10 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper of general...
• Texas Section 1069.053 - Ballot Petition
  (a) 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...
• Texas Section 1069.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district;...
• Texas Section 1069.055 - 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 1069.056 - 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 1069.057 - Quorum; Voting Requirement
  (a) Any four directors constitute a quorum. (b) A majority of the directors voting must concur in any matter relating to district business. Added by...
• Texas Section 1069.058 - 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 1069.059 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to any limitation prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1069.060 - Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors and employ any technician, nurse, or other employee the board considers necessary for the efficient...
• Texas Section 1069.0605 - Employment Of Physicians
  (a) The board may employ a physician and retain all or part of the professional income generated by the physician for medical services provided at...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1069.061 - 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 1069.101 - 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 2011,...
• Texas Section 1069.102 - 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 1069.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec....
• Texas Section 1069.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and...
• Texas Section 1069.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district, including rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; (2) the...
• Texas Section 1069.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) Except as provided by Section 1069.112, the board may prescribe: (1) procedures for the acquisition of goods or services, including the method and manner...
• Texas Section 1069.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
• Texas Section 1069.108 - 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 1069.109 - 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 1069.110 - Charitable Organization
  (a) In this section, "charitable organization" means an organization that is eligible for an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code...
• Texas Section 1069.111 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The board, on the district's behalf, may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or...
• Texas Section 1069.112 - Construction Or Equipment Purchase Contracts
  A contract for construction or the purchase of equipment that involves the expenditure of more than $25,000 may be made only after advertising in the...
• Texas Section 1069.113 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The district, through its board, may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1069.114 - Contracts 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 1069.115 - Contracts With Political Subdivision For Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish a...
• Texas Section 1069.116 - 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 1069.117 - 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 CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1069.118 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1069.151 - Petition To Expand District Territory
  (a) Registered voters of a defined territory not included in the district may file a petition with the board secretary requesting inclusion of the territory...
• Texas Section 1069.152 - Hearing
  (a) The board by order shall set a time and place to hold a hearing on a petition to include a defined territory in the...
• Texas Section 1069.153 - Order Of Annexation
  (a) If, after a hearing under Section 1069.152, the board finds that annexation of the defined territory into the district would be feasible and would...
• Texas Section 1069.154 - Ratification Election
  (a) Annexation of territory is final when approved by a majority of the voters at: (1) an election held in the district; and (2) a...
• Texas Section 1069.155 - Assumption Of Debt And Taxes
  If the district has outstanding debts or taxes, the voters in an election to approve annexation under Section 1069.154 must determine whether the annexed territory...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1069.156 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under Section 1069.154 shall be printed to permit voting for or against the following, as applicable: (1) "Adding (description of...
• Texas Section 1069.201 - 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 1069.202 - 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 1069.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The annual budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1069.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1069.205 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates according to a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1069.206 - Audit
  The district shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01,...
• Texas Section 1069.207 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1069.208 - 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 1069.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district money shall...
• Texas Section 1069.210 - Spending Restrictions
  Except as provided by Sections 1069.106, 1069.107, and 1069.211 and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other...
• Texas Section 1069.211 - Economic Development
  The district may allocate a portion of its annual sales and use tax revenue, not to exceed one-fourth of one percent, to encourage economic development...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 1069.212 - Authority To Borrow Money
  (a) Pending receipt of accounts receivable, the board may borrow money for the payment of maintenance and operating expenses of the district. (b) A loan...
• Texas Section 1069.251 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating...
• Texas Section 1069.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
• Texas Section 1069.253 - 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 1069.254 - 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 1069.255 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1069.256 - Execution Of Bonds
  District bonds shall be executed in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1069.257 - Other Obligations
  Notwithstanding Sections 1069.251 through 1069.256, the board may issue and sell bonds, notes, or other obligations that are payable from the district's sales and use...

SUBCHAPTER G TAXES

• Texas Section 1069.258 - 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 1069.301 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax...
• Texas Section 1069.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of the taxable property in the...
• Texas Section 1069.303 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  Unless the board by majority vote elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1069.304, the tax assessor-collector of the county in which the...
• Texas Section 1069.304 - 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