Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1085 - Parker County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1085.001 - 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 1085.002 - Authority For Creation
The Parker County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties prescribed...
- Texas Section 1085.003 - 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 1085.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Parker County, Texas. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
- Texas Section 1085.005 - 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.,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1085.006 - 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 1085.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven directors elected as follows: (1) one director elected from each commissioners precinct of Parker County; and (2) three directors...
- Texas Section 1085.052 - Notice Of Election
At least 60 days before the date of an election of directors, the board shall publish notice of the election one time in a newspaper...
- Texas Section 1085.053 - 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 1085.054 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
- Texas Section 1085.055 - 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 1085.056 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
(a) The board may appoint and employ a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint and employ an assistant administrator. (c) The...
- Texas Section 1085.057 - 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 1085.058 - Appointment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may appoint to the staff any physicians and employ any technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers necessary for the efficient...
- Texas Section 1085.059 - Retirement Program
The board may enter into a contract or agreement with this state or the federal government as required to establish or continue a retirement program...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1085.060 - Legal Counsel
(a) The appropriate county, district, or criminal district attorney charged with representing Parker County in civil matters shall represent the district in all legal matters....
- Texas Section 1085.101 - 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 1085.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
Parker County or a municipality in Parker County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or for medical...
- Texas Section 1085.103 - 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 1085.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and (B)...
- Texas Section 1085.105 - Rules
The board may adopt rules as required to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff....
- Texas Section 1085.106 - 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 1085.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. (b) The board may construct, purchase,...
- Texas Section 1085.108 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may: (1) condemn and purchase all land, property, property rights, equipment, hospital facilities, and systems for the maintenance of hospitals, buildings, clinics,...
- Texas Section 1085.109 - 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 1085.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
(a) The board may contract with a county or a municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1085.111 - 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...
- Texas Section 1085.151 - 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 1085.152 - Notice; Hearing; Approval Of Budget
(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least...
- Texas Section 1085.153 - Amendments To Budget
The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1085.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1085.155 - Fiscal Year
The district operates according to a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1085.156 - 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 1085.157 - 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 1085.158 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more financial institutions to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money shall be immediately deposited...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1085.159 - Authority To Borrow Money
The board may contract indebtedness or borrow money for district purposes on the credit of the district or secured by revenues of district hospitals and...
- Texas Section 1085.201 - 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 any purpose related...
- Texas Section 1085.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1085.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
- Texas Section 1085.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
(a) The board may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election...
- Texas Section 1085.204 - 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 1085.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
SUBCHAPTER F GENERAL TAX PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1085.206 - 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 1085.251 - 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 1085.252 - Tax Rate
(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the lesser of: (1) the maximum tax rate approved by district voters;...
- Texas Section 1085.253 - Election To Increase Maximum Tax Rate
(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100...
SUBCHAPTER G SALES AND USE TAX
- Texas Section 1085.254 - Tax Assessor-collector
The tax assessor-collector of Parker County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1085.301 - Definition: Taxable Item
(a) In this subchapter, "taxable item" includes only an item that is subject to a sales and use tax that might also be imposed by...
- Texas Section 1085.302 - Sales And Use Tax Authorized
The district may adopt a sales and use tax for the benefit of the district if the tax is approved by a majority of the...
- Texas Section 1085.303 - Sales Tax
(a) If the district adopts the tax under Section 1085.302, a tax is imposed on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items...
- Texas Section 1085.304 - Use Tax
(a) If the district adopts the tax under Section 1085.302, an excise tax is imposed on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district...
- Texas Section 1085.305 - Consideration Of Tax Rate
The rate of the sales and use tax imposed by the district under this subchapter is not counted in determining the limitation prescribed by law...
- Texas Section 1085.306 - Applicability Of Tax Code
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 1085.307, Chapter 323, Tax Code, governs: (1) an election to approve the adoption of the sales...
- Texas Section 1085.307 - Repeal Of Tax
(a) If the district adopts the tax under Section 1085.302, the county clerk of Parker County shall place on the ballot a proposition on the...
Last modified: September 28, 2016