Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1087 - Rankin County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1087.001 - 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 1087.002 - Authority For Creation
The Rankin 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 1087.003 - 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 1087.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Rankin Independent School District, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1967. Added...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1087.005 - Consolidation Of District And Mccamey County Hospital District
(a) The McCamey County Hospital District may be consolidated into the Rankin County Hospital District as provided by this section. (b) On the request of...
- Texas Section 1087.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless four-year terms are established under...
- Texas Section 1087.052 - Notice Of Election
Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Upton County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. Added...
- Texas Section 1087.053 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A person may not be elected or appointed a director unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) at least...
- Texas Section 1087.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond
(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
- Texas Section 1087.055 - Board Vacancy
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director. (b) A director appointed under this section serves...
- Texas Section 1087.056 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
- Texas Section 1087.057 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1087.058 - District Administrator
(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and receives the...
- Texas Section 1087.059 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to any limitation prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) perform the duties required by the board; (2) supervise the work and...
- Texas Section 1087.060 - Assistant To District Administrator
(a) The board may designate an assistant to the district administrator to discharge a duty or function of the administrator in the event of the...
- Texas Section 1087.061 - Legal Counsel
The board may employ legal counsel to represent the district in all legal matters. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1087.062 - Retirement Program
(a) With the approval of the Upton County Commissioners Court, the board may contract with this state and the federal government as necessary to establish...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1087.063 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
Except as provided by Section 1087.054, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of...
- Texas Section 1087.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1087.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
A county or a municipality in the district may not impose any tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1087.103 - Purchasing And Accounting
The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
- Texas Section 1087.104 - 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 1087.105 - 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 1087.106 - Construction Contracts
(a) The board may enter into purchase or construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the...
- Texas Section 1087.107 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board, with the approval of the Upton County Commissioners Court, may contract with: (1) a county, other than Upton County, for the care and...
- Texas Section 1087.108 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient from the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1087.109 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts 2013,...
- Texas Section 1087.151 - Budget
The board annually shall have a budget prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts and collections;...
- Texas Section 1087.152 - 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 1087.153 - Fiscal Year
The district's fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
- Texas Section 1087.154 - Annual Audit
(a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the preceding fiscal year. (b) Not later than...
- Texas Section 1087.155 - Financial Report
(a) The board and the district administrator shall annually prepare a report under oath that includes: (1) a complete statement of: (A) all money and...
- Texas Section 1087.156 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) To the extent that money in a...
- Texas Section 1087.157 - Investment Restrictions
The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1087.158 - 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...
- Texas Section 1087.201 - 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 relating...
- Texas Section 1087.202 - 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 1087.203 - 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 1087.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1087.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
The board's presiding officer shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1087.206 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements; (2) equip buildings or improvements for hospital...
- Texas Section 1087.207 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
- Texas Section 1087.208 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
In addition to the authority to issue general obligation and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1087.209 - 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...
- Texas Section 1087.251 - 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 1087.252 - 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....
- Texas Section 1087.253 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
(a) This section applies unless an election is held under Section 1087.254. (b) The tax assessor-collector of Upton County shall collect the taxes imposed on...
- Texas Section 1087.254 - Election For Separate Tax Assessor And Separate Tax Collector
(a) On receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the taxpaying voters in the district, the court may order an election...
- Texas Section 1087.255 - Appointment Of Separate Tax Assessor And Separate Tax Collector
If the appointment of a separate tax assessor and separate tax collector is approved by a two-thirds majority vote of the district voters voting at...
Last modified: September 28, 2016