Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1077 - Gainesville Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1077.001 - 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 1077.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Gainesville Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
• Texas Section 1077.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1077.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Cooke County, Texas, except that the district does not include territory located in the...
• Texas Section 1077.005 - Public Purpose; Tax Exemption
  All property owned by the district: (1) shall be held for public purposes; and (2) is exempt from taxation of every character by this state...
• Texas Section 1077.006 - 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 1077.007 - 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 1077.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms. (c) An election shall be held on the...
• Texas Section 1077.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district in accordance with Section...
• Texas Section 1077.053 - Qualifications For Office
  To be qualified to hold office as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a registered voter. Added...
• Texas Section 1077.054 - Meeting Attendance Requirement
  (a) A director who fails to attend at least four regular meetings in any 12-month period is considered to have resigned the director's position, effective...
• Texas Section 1077.055 - 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 1077.056 - Officers
  The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, secretary, and other officers as in the judgment of the board are necessary....
• Texas Section 1077.057 - 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 1077.058 - 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 1077.059 - 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 1077.060 - Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the medical staff the physicians, dentists, and podiatrists the board determines necessary for the efficient operation...
• Texas Section 1077.061 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract with a nonprofit corporation for the corporation to provide administrative and other personnel for the operation of the hospital facilities....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1077.062 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may enter into any contract or agreement with this state or the federal government that is required to establish or continue a retirement...
• Texas Section 1077.101 - District Responsibility
  (a) The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of the indigent persons in the district. (b)...
• Texas Section 1077.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision in the district, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes for...
• Texas Section 1077.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1077.104 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1077.105 - 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 1077.106 - District Property, Facilities, Equipment, And Services
  (a) The board has exclusive authority to determine the type, character, and use of facilities in the hospital system. (b) The district may: (1) purchase,...
• Texas Section 1077.107 - 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 located in...
• Texas Section 1077.108 - 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 1077.109 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
• Texas Section 1077.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When an indigent patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility or a person who does not reside in the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1077.111 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental entity, the district, through the board, may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Added...
• Texas Section 1077.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The budget must be for the next fiscal year and...
• Texas Section 1077.152 - 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 1077.153 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in...
• Texas Section 1077.154 - 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 1077.155 - Financial Report
  As soon as practical after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1077.156 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be...
• Texas Section 1077.201 - Bonds
  The board may issue and sell bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings and improvements; and (2) equip buildings and improvements for...
• Texas Section 1077.202 - Tax To Pay Bonds
  (a) The board may issue bonds under Section 1077.201 payable from ad valorem taxes. If the bonds are payable from ad valorem taxes, the board...
• Texas Section 1077.203 - Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue bonds under Section 1077.201 that are payable from taxes only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the...
• Texas Section 1077.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue bonds under Section 1077.201 payable from the district's revenue. The board may issue the revenue bonds without an election. (b)...
• Texas Section 1077.205 - Maturity Of Tax Bonds
  District bonds payable from taxes must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1077.206 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 1077.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) On final approval of the annual budget, the board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1077.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...
• Texas Section 1077.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the tax assessor-collector of Cooke County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. (b) The board...

Last modified: September 28, 2016