Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1074 - Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1074.001 - 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 1074.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Comanche County Consolidated Hospital District operates and is administered and financed in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights,...
• Texas Section 1074.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function administering this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1074.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Comanche County, except that portion of Comanche County within the boundaries of the South...
• Texas Section 1074.005 - 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 1074.006 - 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 1074.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of six directors elected from the district in accordance with former Section 3.04(f), Chapter 132, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular...
• Texas Section 1074.052 - Notice Of Election
  Not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be...
• Texas Section 1074.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a...
• Texas Section 1074.054 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1074.055 - 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 1074.056 - 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 1074.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1074.058 - 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 1074.059 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall supervise the work and activities of the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1074.060 - Appointment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district if warranted. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1074.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities and providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 1074.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located wholly or partly in the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
• Texas Section 1074.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's business, money, and resources. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1074.104 - 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 1074.105 - 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 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1074.106 - 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 1074.107 - 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 1074.108 - 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 1074.109 - 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 1074.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1074.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1074.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The district 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 1074.113 - 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 medical, hospital, or...
• Texas Section 1074.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) The district shall provide without charge to a patient residing in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1074.115 - 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 1074.151 - 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 1074.152 - Notice; Hearing; Approval 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 1074.153 - Amendments To Budget
  The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1074.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1074.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period...
• Texas Section 1074.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually 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....
• Texas Section 1074.157 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1074.158 - 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 1074.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district money, other than money invested...
• Texas Section 1074.160 - Investment Restrictions
  The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1074.161 - 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 authorized district obligations at...
• Texas Section 1074.201 - 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: (1) the purchase,...
• Texas Section 1074.202 - 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 1074.203 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate a building or improvement for hospital purposes; (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1074.204 - 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 1074.205 - Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue bonds, other than refunding bonds, to be wholly or partly secured by an ad valorem tax only if the bonds...
• Texas Section 1074.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than the 40th anniversary of the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1074.207 - Execution Of Bonds
  The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...
• Texas Section 1074.208 - Additional Means Of Securing Payment 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...
• Texas Section 1074.209 - 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 1074.210 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1074.211 - Security Of Certain Bonds
  Bonds authorized at an election held in the district before May 20, 2003, may be payable from and secured by: (1) taxes as authorized by...
• Texas Section 1074.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall annually impose a tax to pay: (1) indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and (2) district maintenance and operating expenses....
• Texas Section 1074.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters. (b) In setting the tax rate,...
• Texas Section 1074.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  Sec. 1074.253. 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016