Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1070 - Hansford County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1070.001 - 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 1070.002 - 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 1070.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1070.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Hansford County, Texas, unless the boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1070.005 - 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 1070.006 - 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 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1070.007 - 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 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1070.051 - Board; Term
  (a) The board consists of six directors appointed by the Commissioners Court of Hansford County unless the method for selecting directors is changed under Section...
• Texas Section 1070.052 - Petition To Change Method For Selecting Directors; Election
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Hansford County shall order an election on the question of electing directors if the court receives a petition requesting that...
• Texas Section 1070.053 - Directors' Election
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under Section 1070.052 favor electing the directors, an election shall be held on the uniform...
• Texas Section 1070.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is: (1) a district resident; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 1070.055 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of an appointed director, the commissioners court shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If...
• Texas Section 1070.056 - 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 1070.057 - 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 1070.058 - 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 1070.059 - Administrators; Assistant Administrators
  (a) The board shall appoint qualified persons as administrators of the district or the ancillary health care facilities. (b) The board may appoint assistant administrators....
• Texas Section 1070.060 - 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; (2) direct the affairs...
• Texas Section 1070.061 - Employees; Appointment Of Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors and allied health personnel the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district...
• Texas Section 1070.062 - Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians, ancillary and allied health professionals, and other persons...
• Texas Section 1070.063 - Health Care And Professional Educational Programs
  The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or otherwise assist in providing health care...
• Texas Section 1070.064 - Day-care Services
  (a) The board may take any action to provide day-care services for the district's medical staff members, allied health professionals, officers, directors, and employees, including:...
• Texas Section 1070.065 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1070.066 - Liability Insurance; Indemnification
  (a) The board may defend or indemnify an officer, director, board appointee, medical staff member, or district employee against or from a claim, expense, or...
• Texas Section 1070.101 - District Responsibility
  (a) The district has full responsibility for providing hospital services for the district's indigent residents. (b) The district may assume full responsibility for providing ancillary...
• Texas Section 1070.102 - 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 1070.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1070.104 - 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 1070.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital, ancillary health care facilities, hospital system, and ancillary health care system; and (2)...
• Texas Section 1070.106 - 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 1070.107 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
  The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1070.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location, either inside or outside the district, of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system...
• Texas Section 1070.109 - 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 1070.110 - 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 1070.111 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $10,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252, Local...
• Texas Section 1070.112 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract with a public or private entity relating to the district's facilities, equipment, or services. Added...
• Texas Section 1070.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Treatment
  The board may contract with this state, another state, a political subdivision of this or another state, or a federal agency for the treatment of...
• Texas Section 1070.114 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the hospital, ancillary health...
• Texas Section 1070.115 - Provision Of Services Outside District
  The board may provide health care services outside the district for the care and treatment of the sick or injured persons of any jurisdiction. Added...
• Texas Section 1070.116 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: (1) the patient;...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1070.117 - 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 1070.151 - Territory That May Be Annexed
  (a) The district may annex territory that is not located in: (1) Hansford County; (2) the boundaries of another hospital district; or (3) the proposed...
• Texas Section 1070.152 - 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 1070.153 - Election Order
  (a) If, on receipt of a petition, the board finds that annexing the territory is in the district's best interest, the board shall within 90...
• Texas Section 1070.154 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The establishment of the Hansford County Hospital District with...
• Texas Section 1070.155 - 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 1070.156 - 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 1070.157 - 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 1070.201 - 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 1070.202 - 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 1070.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The annual budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1070.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1070.205 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a...
• Texas Section 1070.206 - Audit
  (a) The board 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 1070.207 - 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 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 1070.208 - 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 1070.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money,...
• Texas Section 1070.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 1070.062, 1070.063, 1070.064, 1070.108(c), and 1070.211 and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1070.211 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The district may borrow money for district operating expenses in an amount not to exceed the amount of tax or other revenue the district...
• Texas Section 1070.251 - Obligations And Credit Agreements
  The district may issue, sell, and deliver obligations and execute corresponding credit agreements in the manner provided by Chapters 1201 and 1371, Government Code. Added...
• Texas Section 1070.252 - 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 1070.253 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1070.252, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
• Texas Section 1070.254 - 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 1070.255 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital or ancillary health care...
• Texas Section 1070.256 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
• Texas Section 1070.257 - 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),...
• Texas Section 1070.258 - 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 1070.259 - 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 1070.301 - 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 1070.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district...
• Texas Section 1070.303 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
  (a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100...
• Texas Section 1070.304 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016