Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1088 - Reagan Hospital District Of Reagan County, Texas

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1088.001 - 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 1088.002 - Authority For Creation
  The Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1088.003 - 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 1088.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Reagan County Independent School District of Reagan County, as those boundaries existed on...
• Texas Section 1088.005 - 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 1088.006 - 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 1088.007 - 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 1088.051 - Board Election; Terms
  (a) The board consists of six directors elected as follows: (1) one director elected from each commissioners precinct of Reagan County; and (2) two directors...
• Texas Section 1088.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Chapter 4,...
• Texas Section 1088.053 - 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; and (2) a...
• Texas Section 1088.054 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director to hold office for the remainder of the...
• Texas Section 1088.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and (2) a secretary, who need not be a...
• Texas Section 1088.056 - 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 1088.057 - Director Participation In Group Health Insurance
  The directors may participate in any group health insurance plan sponsored by the district for district employees. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1088.058 - District Administrator; Assistant District Administrators
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint assistant administrators. (c) The district administrator and any assistant...
• Texas Section 1088.059 - 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 1088.060 - Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff And Employees; Contract With Doctors
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff or contract with any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of...
• Texas Section 1088.061 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff And Employees
  The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff...
• Texas Section 1088.062 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1088.063 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  (a) The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees; and (2) establish or administer a retirement program or elect to...
• Texas Section 1088.101 - District Responsibility
  (a) The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. (b) The district shall provide all necessary hospital and medical...
• Texas Section 1088.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
• Texas Section 1088.103 - 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 1088.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's...
• Texas Section 1088.105 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1088.106 - 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 1088.107 - 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: (1) purchase...
• Texas Section 1088.108 - 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 1088.109 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any...
• Texas Section 1088.110 - 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 1088.111 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract in excess of the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive bidding as provided by...
• Texas Section 1088.112 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1088.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospital Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1088.114 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the medical, hospital, or...
• Texas Section 1088.115 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district hospital facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into...
• Texas Section 1088.116 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1088.117 - 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 1088.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:...
• Texas Section 1088.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice...
• Texas Section 1088.153 - 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 1088.154 - 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 1088.155 - 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 1088.156 - 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 1088.157 - Inspection Of Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1088.158 - 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 1088.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as...
• Texas Section 1088.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1088.161 - 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 1088.201 - 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 1088.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1088.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1088.203 - 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 1088.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
• Texas Section 1088.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...
• Texas Section 1088.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for district purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1088.207 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued or assumed by the district; (2)...
• Texas Section 1088.208 - Additional Means Of Securing Repayment Of Bonds
  In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1088.209 - 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 1088.251 - 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 1088.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district....

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1088.253 - 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 1088.301 - 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 1088.302 - 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 1088.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Reagan Hospital...
• Texas Section 1088.304 - 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 1088.305 - 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 1088.306 - 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 1088.307 - 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 1088.308 - 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