Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1076 - Starr County Hospital District Of Starr County, Texas

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1076.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of trustees of the district. (2) "District" means the Starr County Hospital District of Starr County, Texas....
• Texas Section 1076.002 - Authority For Creation
  The Starr County Hospital District of Starr County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2013,...
• Texas Section 1076.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1076.004 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1076.005 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Starr County, Texas, including all "cut over" or "banco" land on the north side...
• Texas Section 1076.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) A board of five trustees shall exercise the powers of the district. (b) One trustee is elected from each commissioners precinct and one trustee...
• Texas Section 1076.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of a trustees' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. Added...
• Texas Section 1076.053 - Qualifications For Office
  To qualify for election as a trustee, a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age; (2) have been a resident of the...
• Texas Section 1076.054 - Bond
  (a) Each trustee shall execute a good and sufficient commercial bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the...
• Texas Section 1076.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs on the board, the majority of remaining trustees shall appoint a trustee for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
• Texas Section 1076.056 - Officers; Duties; Absence Of President Or Secretary
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, and secretary, and other officers as in the judgment of the board...
• Texas Section 1076.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A trustee serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by...
• Texas Section 1076.058 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1076.059 - 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 1076.060 - Appointment And Removal Of Medical Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint any doctors to its medical staff and employ any technicians, nurses, and other employees as considered necessary for the efficient...
• Texas Section 1076.061 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff And Employees
  The board may use district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit or otherwise obtain physicians and other personnel for the...
• Texas Section 1076.062 - Health Care Educational Programs
  The board may use district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or assist health care educational programs for...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1076.063 - 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 1076.101 - District Responsibility
  The district shall provide medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
• Texas Section 1076.102 - Management, Control, And Administration
  (a) The district has authority to operate hospital facilities. (b) The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospital and hospital system and carry...
• Texas Section 1076.103 - Hospital System
  The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district to provide medical and hospital care and treatment...
• Texas Section 1076.104 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff....
• Texas Section 1076.105 - 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 1076.106 - 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 1076.107 - 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, real, personal,...
• Texas Section 1076.108 - Gifts, Grants, And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift, grant, or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes...
• Texas Section 1076.109 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person for whom this state or...
• Texas Section 1076.110 - Contracts For Services
  (a) The board may contract with any person to obtain or supply the facilities and services the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of...
• Texas Section 1076.111 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  The district may operate or provide for: (1) the operation of a mobile emergency medical or air ambulance service; (2) home health services, long-term care,...
• Texas Section 1076.112 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the board or district administrator shall have an inquiry made...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1076.113 - 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 1076.151 - Budget
  The board shall prepare a budget that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts and collections for the next fiscal year; and (3)...
• Texas Section 1076.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And Hearing
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a...
• Texas Section 1076.153 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The board shall establish the district fiscal year. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period that revenue bonds of...
• Texas Section 1076.154 - Annual Audit
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall have an annual audit made of the district's books and records...
• Texas Section 1076.155 - Financial Report
  (a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare a report that includes: (1) a complete sworn...
• Texas Section 1076.156 - Projects And Purchases Exempt From Assessment Or Taxation
  The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on: (1) a district project or any part of the project; or (2) a...
• Texas Section 1076.157 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of revenue derived from...
• Texas Section 1076.158 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1076.159 - Investment Of District Money
  (a) The law applicable to municipalities with respect to security for and investment of money governs, as applicable, the investment of district money. The bond...
• Texas Section 1076.201 - 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 the purchase, construction,...
• Texas Section 1076.202 - 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 1076.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds or other bonds secured wholly or partly by an ad valorem tax, other than refunding bonds, only...
• Texas Section 1076.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  The board president shall execute district general obligation bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...
• Texas Section 1076.205 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings and improvements for district purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1076.206 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund any outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be sold,...
• Texas Section 1076.207 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
• Texas Section 1076.208 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment 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 1076.209 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1076.210 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2) the transfer of the bonds; and (3) the income...
• Texas Section 1076.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
• Texas Section 1076.252 - Tax Rate
  The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1076.253 - 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 1076.301 - 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 1076.302 - 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 1076.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Starr County...
• Texas Section 1076.304 - 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 1076.305 - 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 1076.306 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine any debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1076.307 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016