Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1073 - North Runnels County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1073.001 - Definitions
  Sec. 1073.001. 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 1073.002 - Authority For Creation
  The North Runnels County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties...
• Texas Section 1073.003 - 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 1073.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 2 and 3 of Runnels County as those boundaries existed on...
• Texas Section 1073.005 - 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 1073.006 - 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 1073.007 - 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 1073.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code: (1)...
• Texas Section 1073.052 - Notice Of Election
  Not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall...
• Texas Section 1073.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a qualified voter....
• Texas Section 1073.054 - Bond
  (a) The board may require all district officers and employees charged with handling money to furnish a good bond for not less than $5,000 that...
• Texas Section 1073.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1073.056 - 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 1073.057 - 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 1073.058 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint one or more assistant administrators. (c) The district administrator...
• Texas Section 1073.059 - 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 1073.060 - Appointment, Dismissal, And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board, with the district administrator, may appoint doctors to or dismiss doctors from the staff as considered necessary for the efficient operation of...
• Texas Section 1073.061 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract to provide administrative or other personnel for the operation of hospital facilities. (b) The term of a contract may not...
• Texas Section 1073.062 - Seniority
  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 1073.063 - 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 1073.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants; and (2) providing...
• Texas Section 1073.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision that is located within the district or that has the same boundaries as the district may not impose a tax or issue...
• Texas Section 1073.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer: (1) the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the district's business, money, and resources. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 1073.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment, administration, maintenance, operation, and financing of a hospital system, including any component specified by Subsection (b) or...
• Texas Section 1073.105 - 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 1073.106 - 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 1073.107 - 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: (1) purchase...
• Texas Section 1073.108 - 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 1073.109 - 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 1073.110 - 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 1073.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
• Texas Section 1073.112 - 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 or welfare...
• Texas Section 1073.113 - Bidding Requirements
  The district shall comply with the bidding requirements prescribed by Chapter 271, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1073.114 - Provision Of Services Outside District
  The district may provide services outside the district's boundaries. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1073.115 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1073.116 - 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 1073.151 - 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 1073.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in accordance with...
• Texas Section 1073.153 - 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 1073.154 - 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 1073.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) when revenue bonds...
• Texas Section 1073.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
• Texas Section 1073.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual 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....
• Texas Section 1073.158 - 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 1073.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as...
• Texas Section 1073.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1073.161 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the...
• Texas Section 1073.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair,...
• Texas Section 1073.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1073.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1073.203 - 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 1073.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1073.205 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold, with the...
• Texas Section 1073.206 - 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 1073.207 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign district bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1073.208 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued or assumed by the district; (2)...
• Texas Section 1073.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board may impose the tax to:...
• Texas Section 1073.252 - 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 1073.253 - 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 1073.301 - 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 1073.302 - 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 1073.303 - 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 1073.304 - 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 1073.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1073.306 - 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 1073.307 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER H DISSOLUTION OF NORTH RUNNELS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT ON CREATION OF RUNNELS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT

• Texas Section 1073.308 - 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...
• Texas Section 1073.351 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The board may order an election on the question of the dissolution of the district, creation of the Runnels County Hospital District, transfer of...
• Texas Section 1073.352 - 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 1073.353 - 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 1073.354 - Election Results
  (a) The board shall find that the district is dissolved if: (1) a majority of the votes in an election under this section favor dissolution...
• Texas Section 1073.355 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in both elections under Sections 1073.354(a)(1) and (2) favor dissolution of the district and creation of the Runnels...
• Texas Section 1073.356 - Reference In Other Law
  On the dissolution of the North Runnels County Hospital District and the approval of the creation of the Runnels County Hospital District, a reference in...
• Texas Section 1073.357 - Expiration
  If the dissolution of the North Runnels County Hospital District and creation of the Runnels County Hospital District are not approved at an election held...

Last modified: September 28, 2016