Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1075 - Stamford Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1075.001 - 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 1075.002 - Authority For Creation
The Stamford Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties prescribed by...
- Texas Section 1075.003 - Essential Public Function
The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
- Texas Section 1075.004 - District Territory
The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1a, Chapter 108, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as amended by Section...
- Texas Section 1075.005 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1075.006 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1075.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven elected directors. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
- Texas Section 1075.052 - Notice Of Election
At least five days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper of general...
- Texas Section 1075.053 - Ballot Petition
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 a...
- Texas Section 1075.054 - Qualifications For Office
To be eligible to hold office as a director, a person must be a resident property-owning taxpaying voter of the district. Added by Acts 2013,...
- Texas Section 1075.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath
(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
- Texas Section 1075.056 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
- Texas Section 1075.057 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, secretary, and other officers as in the judgment of the board are...
- Texas Section 1075.058 - Compensation; Expenses
A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to receive actual expenses incurred in attending to district business on approval of the expenses...
- Texas Section 1075.059 - 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 assistant...
- Texas Section 1075.060 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
- Texas Section 1075.061 - Employees
The board may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of the district or may provide that...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1075.062 - Retirement Program
The board may enter into any contract or agreement with this state or the federal government as required to establish or continue a retirement program...
- Texas Section 1075.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of indigent persons in the district; and (2)...
- Texas Section 1075.102 - 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 for medical treatment...
- Texas Section 1075.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
- Texas Section 1075.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital or hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and improvements;...
- Texas Section 1075.105 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1075.106 - Purchasing And Accounting
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 1075.107 - Rates And Charges
The board shall prescribe the rates and charges for: (1) services; (2) supplies; and (3) the use of hospital facilities. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
- Texas Section 1075.108 - 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 1075.109 - 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 1075.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board may contract with: (1) any county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
- Texas Section 1075.111 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1075.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
- Texas Section 1075.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator shall prepare for approval by the board an annual budget that corresponds to the district's fiscal year. (b) Not later than...
- Texas Section 1075.152 - Fiscal Year
The district shall operate on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1075.153 - Audit
(a) The district shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. (b) The audit shall be open to inspection at all times at...
- Texas Section 1075.154 - 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 1075.155 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1075.156 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
(a) The board may borrow money from a federally insured lending institution or make other financial arrangements for district operating expenses or other authorized obligations....
- Texas Section 1075.201 - General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose...
- Texas Section 1075.202 - 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 1075.203 - 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 1075.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by Chapter...
- Texas Section 1075.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) District refunding bonds may, without an election, be issued to refund any bonds or other refundable indebtedness issued by the district. (b) A refunding...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1075.206 - 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 1075.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The board may impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to...
- Texas Section 1075.252 - Tax Rate
The district may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. Added...
Last modified: September 28, 2016