Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1084 - Palo Pinto County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1084.001 - 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 1084.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Palo Pinto County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139...
• Texas Section 1084.003 - 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 1084.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Palo Pinto County, Texas. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1084.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedures
  If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution...
• Texas Section 1084.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors as follows: (1) six directors elected by place; and (2) the chief of staff...
• Texas Section 1084.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of each directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Palo Pinto County in accordance with Chapter 4, Election Code....
• Texas Section 1084.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed to an elected position on the board unless the person is: (1) a resident of the...
• Texas Section 1084.054 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director violates a prohibition established by Section 1084.053(b). A director may be removed...
• Texas Section 1084.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath Or Affirmation
  (a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
• Texas Section 1084.056 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of elected director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term....
• Texas Section 1084.057 - Director Rights And Responsibilities
  All directors have the same rights and responsibilities with regard to voting and other matters. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1084.058 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary from among its members. (b) Each officer of the board serves for a term...
• Texas Section 1084.059 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director 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 1084.060 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of four 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 1084.061 - 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 1084.062 - 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 1084.063 - Election Of Chief Of Staff
  At least once every two years, the medical staff of the hospital system owned and operated by the district shall elect a chief of staff....
• Texas Section 1084.064 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may provide that the district administrator has the authority to employ or appoint to the staff doctors, nurses, technicians, and any other...
• Texas Section 1084.065 - Personnel Contracts
  (a) The board may contract to provide administrative and other personnel for the operation of the hospital facilities. (b) The term of a contract may...
• Texas Section 1084.066 - Educational Programs; Courses
  The board may provide or contract for the provision of educational programs or courses for district employees and medical staff. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1084.067 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in a statewide retirement system...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1084.068 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  Except as provided by Section 1084.055, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of...
• Texas Section 1084.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1084.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
  Palo Pinto County or a municipality in the district may not impose a tax on property in the district for hospital purposes. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1084.103 - 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 1084.104 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities. (b) On approval by the board, the rules may be...
• Texas Section 1084.105 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board may: (1) purchase or lease property, including facilities or equipment, for the district to use in the hospital system; and (2) mortgage...
• Texas Section 1084.106 - 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 1084.107 - 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 1084.108 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board 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 1084.109 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the...
• Texas Section 1084.110 - 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 1084.111 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district, through the board, may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state....

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1084.112 - Inspections
  The district is subject to inspection by any authorized representative of this state. A district officer or employee shall: (1) admit the representative into any...
• Texas Section 1084.151 - Budget
  The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
• Texas Section 1084.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (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 1084.153 - Amendments To Budget
  After the annual budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1084.154 - 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 1084.155 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1084.156 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection at the district's office. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1084.157 - Depository Or Treasurer
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank to serve as the district's depository or treasurer. (b) All district money shall be secured in...
• Texas Section 1084.158 - General 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 1084.159 - Authority To Borrow Money In Emergency; Security
  (a) If money is not available to meet an authorized obligation of the district, the board shall adopt an order declaring an emergency. After the...
• Texas Section 1084.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district,...
• Texas Section 1084.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1084.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1084.203 - Election For General Obligation Bonds
  (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 1084.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue and sell revenue bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to purchase, construct, acquire,...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1084.205 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1084.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to:...
• Texas Section 1084.252 - Tax Rate
  The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1084.253 - 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 1084.301 - 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 1084.302 - 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 1084.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Palo Pinto...
• Texas Section 1084.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1084.305 - Transfer, Sale, Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1084.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person may not contravene a trust...
• Texas Section 1084.307 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1084.308 - 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