Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1089 - Reeves County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1089.001 - 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 1089.002 - Authority For Operation
The Reeves County Hospital District operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1089.003 - Essential Public Function
The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff....
- Texas Section 1089.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Reeves County. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
- Texas Section 1089.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
This state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1089.006 - 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 1089.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. (b) One director is elected from each commissioners precinct and one director is elected...
- Texas Section 1089.052 - Notice Of Election
At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper with...
- Texas Section 1089.053 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district;...
- Texas Section 1089.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond
(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned...
- Texas Section 1089.055 - 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 1089.056 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
- Texas Section 1089.057 - Compensation; Expenses
A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
- Texas Section 1089.058 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1089.059 - 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 is entitled...
- Texas Section 1089.060 - 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 1089.061 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as: (1) the assistant district administrator; and (2) the attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator...
- Texas Section 1089.062 - Appointment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1089.063 - Retirement Benefits
The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating in: (A) the Texas County...
- Texas Section 1089.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) operating hospital facilities; and (2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1089.102 - Restriction On County Taxation And Debt
Reeves County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents. Added...
- Texas Section 1089.103 - 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 1089.104 - Rules
The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the district...
- Texas Section 1089.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
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 1089.106 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
- Texas Section 1089.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
- Texas Section 1089.108 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
- Texas Section 1089.109 - 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 1089.110 - Gifts And Endowments
The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or...
- Texas Section 1089.111 - Construction Contracts
(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves an expenditure of...
- Texas Section 1089.112 - Operating And Management Contracts
The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a hospital facility for the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1089.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Services
The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish a...
- Texas Section 1089.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) The district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of: (1) a person who resides in the district and is admitted...
- Texas Section 1089.115 - Reimbursement For Services
(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1089.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01,...
- Texas Section 1089.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a...
- Texas Section 1089.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper...
- Texas Section 1089.153 - Amendment Of 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 1089.154 - 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 1089.155 - 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 1089.156 - Annual Audit
The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
- Texas Section 1089.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2009,...
- Texas Section 1089.158 - Financial Report
As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a sworn statement of the...
- Texas Section 1089.159 - Depository
(a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1089.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
(a) Except as provided by Sections 1089.111, 1089.201, 1089.204, and 1089.205, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than the...
- Texas Section 1089.201 - General Obligation Bonds
If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the...
- Texas Section 1089.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1089.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
- Texas Section 1089.203 - 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 1089.204 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
- Texas Section 1089.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund an outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) Refunding bonds may be: (1) sold,...
- Texas Section 1089.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619),...
- Texas Section 1089.207 - Execution Of Bonds
(a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1089.208 - 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) any transaction...
- Texas Section 1089.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to pay:...
- Texas Section 1089.252 - Tax Rate
(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition...
- Texas Section 1089.253 - Contract For Tax Assessment And Collection
The board shall contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
Last modified: September 28, 2016