Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1072 - Runnels County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1072.001 - 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 1072.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Runnels County Hospital District operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1072.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517), Sec. 3.01, eff....
• Texas Section 1072.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Runnels County, Texas. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517),...
• Texas Section 1072.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The state may not be obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517),...

SUBCHAPTER A-1 TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1072.006 - 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 1072.021 - Election On Creation Of District
  (a) The Commissioners Court of Runnels County shall order an election for the registered voters of Runnels County who do not reside in the Ballinger...
• Texas Section 1072.022 - Temporary Directors
  (a) If the creation of the district is approved at the elections held under Subchapter D-1, Chapter 1004, Section 20c, Chapter 206, Acts of the...
• Texas Section 1072.023 - Temporary Officers
  (a) The temporary board shall elect a president and a vice president from among the temporary directors. (b) The temporary board shall appoint a secretary,...
• Texas Section 1072.024 - Election Of Initial Elected Directors
  (a) The temporary directors shall hold an election to elect seven initial directors on the first uniform election date in May that occurs after the...
• Texas Section 1072.025 - Initial Elected Directors
  (a) The candidate receiving the highest number of votes from each commissioners precinct of Runnels County is the initial elected director for that precinct, and...
• Texas Section 1072.026 - Initial Elected Officers
  (a) The initial elected board shall elect a president and a vice president from among the initial elected directors. (b) The initial elected board shall...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1072.027 - Procedure For Election Of Permanent Directors
  Not later than the date the terms of the initial elected directors expire, the initial elected board shall adopt a procedure for the election of...
• Texas Section 1072.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected in the manner prescribed by the initial directors under Section 1072.026. (b) An election shall be held...
• Texas Section 1072.052 - Notice
  Notice of the directors' election shall be published at least once in a newspaper with general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003(a),...
• Texas Section 1072.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a...
• Texas Section 1072.054 - Director's Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond in the amount of $5,000 payable to the district and conditioned on...
• Texas Section 1072.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1072.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among the directors. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
• Texas Section 1072.057 - Compensation; Reimbursement
  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 1072.058 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in matters relating to district business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1072.059 - District Administrator; Administrator's Bond
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board. (c) The district...
• Texas Section 1072.060 - 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; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1072.061 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as assistant district administrator and attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator and attorney for the...
• Texas Section 1072.062 - Employees
  (a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees. (b) The board may delegate to the district...
• Texas Section 1072.063 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff And Employees
  The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary actions to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff...
• Texas Section 1072.064 - Appointment And Removal Of Medical Staff
  The board may: (1) appoint to the medical staff any doctor the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district; (2) remove any...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1072.065 - 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 1072.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating hospital facilities and providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1072.102 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the money and resources of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1072.103 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff...
• Texas Section 1072.104 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
• Texas Section 1072.105 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  (a) The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. (b) The district may operate or provide for home...
• Texas Section 1072.106 - 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 1072.107 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital facilities for the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876...
• Texas Section 1072.108 - Service Contracts
  (a) The board may contract with a public or private hospital, a political subdivision of the state, or a state or federal agency for the...
• Texas Section 1072.109 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
• Texas Section 1072.111 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or...
• Texas Section 1072.112 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry...
• Texas Section 1072.113 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside of the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and...
• Texas Section 1072.114 - 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...
• Texas Section 1072.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517), Sec. 3.01,...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1072.116 - Construction Contracts; Advertising For Certain Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into a construction contract on the district's behalf. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1072.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a...
• Texas Section 1072.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1072.153 - Amendment Of Budget
  After the budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517),...
• Texas Section 1072.154 - 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 1072.155 - Annual Audit
  The board shall have an annual audit made of the financial condition of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1072.156 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1072.157 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount...
• Texas Section 1072.158 - Short-term Financing
  The district may borrow money through short-term financing. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B. 2517), Sec. 3.01, eff. June 19, 2009.
• Texas Section 1072.159 - Debt Limitation
  Except as provided by Chapter 1207, Government Code, and Sections 1072.116, 1072.201, and 1072.204, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue...
• Texas Section 1072.160 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money. (b) The board may solicit bids from local...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1072.161 - Restriction On Investment
  The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1072.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the...
• Texas Section 1072.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1072.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax in an...
• Texas Section 1072.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the voters voting in an election held...
• Texas Section 1072.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1072.205 - Maturity
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 876 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1072.206 - 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 F AD VALOREM TAX

• Texas Section 1072.207 - Bonds Not Subject To Taxation
  The following are not subject to taxation by the state or by a political subdivision of the state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2)...
• Texas Section 1072.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to hospital district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to...
• Texas Section 1072.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose an annual tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1072.253 - 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 1072.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1072.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1072.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the North Runnels...
• Texas Section 1072.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall order that the district be dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1072.305 - 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 1072.306 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board determines that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1072.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016