Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1083 - North Wheeler County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1083.001 - 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 1083.002 - Authority For Creation
The North Wheeler County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties...
- Texas Section 1083.003 - 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 1083.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 1 and 2 of Wheeler County, Texas, as those boundaries existed...
- Texas Section 1083.005 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1083.006 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1083.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected as follows: (1) two directors are elected from each commissioners precinct included in...
- Texas Section 1083.052 - Notice Of Election
Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Wheeler County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. Added...
- Texas Section 1083.053 - Ballot Application
A person seeking to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file an application in accordance with Chapter...
- Texas Section 1083.054 - 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; (2) a registered...
- Texas Section 1083.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation Of Office
(a) Each director 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 1083.056 - Board Vacancy
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If the number...
- Texas Section 1083.057 - Officers
The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
- Texas Section 1083.058 - Compensation
A director serves without compensation. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
- Texas Section 1083.059 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
- Texas Section 1083.060 - 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 1083.061 - 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 1083.062 - 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 1083.063 - Retirement Program
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 1083.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of indigent persons; and (2) providing medical and...
- Texas Section 1083.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
Wheeler County or another political subdivision, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes for...
- Texas Section 1083.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
- Texas Section 1083.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating...
- Texas Section 1083.105 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1083.106 - 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 1083.107 - 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 1083.108 - 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 1083.109 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside Wheeler County for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
- Texas Section 1083.110 - 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 1083.111 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
- Texas Section 1083.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. The budget must be for the fiscal year prescribed by Section...
- Texas Section 1083.152 - Fiscal Year
(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) if revenue bonds are...
- Texas Section 1083.153 - 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 1083.154 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1083.155 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more banks in Wheeler County to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be...
- Texas Section 1083.201 - 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 1083.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1083.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
- Texas Section 1083.203 - 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 1083.204 - 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 1083.2045 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital system purposes; or (2)...
- Texas Section 1083.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds issued by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1)...
- Texas Section 1083.206 - 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 1083.207 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
(a) In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1083.208 - 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 1083.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The district may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used: (1) to...
- Texas Section 1083.252 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 1083.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
The tax assessor-collector of Wheeler County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1083.301 - Dissolution; Election
(a) The district may be dissolved only if the dissolution is approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting in an...
- Texas Section 1083.302 - Notice Of Election
(a) The board shall give notice of the election by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in...
- Texas Section 1083.303 - Ballot
The ballot for the election must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the North Wheeler County Hospital District."...
- Texas Section 1083.304 - Election Results
(a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b) If a majority...
- Texas Section 1083.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
(a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets...
- Texas Section 1083.306 - 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 1083.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
(a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its assets and money as prescribed by this subchapter, the board...
Last modified: September 28, 2016