Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1094 - Seminole Hospital District Of Gaines County, Texas

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1094.001 - 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 1094.002 - Authority For Creation
  The Seminole Hospital District of Gaines County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 1094.003 - 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 1094.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory in the boundaries of the Seminole Common Consolidated School District No. 1 located in Gaines County as those...
• Texas Section 1094.005 - 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 1094.006 - 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 1094.007 - 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 1094.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of four directors elected from single-member districts and three directors elected from the district at large. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year...
• Texas Section 1094.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an election of directors shall be published in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Gaines County....
• Texas Section 1094.053 - Ballot Application
  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 an...
• Texas Section 1094.054 - Qualifications For Office
  A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person: (1) is a resident of the district; (2) owns property in...
• Texas Section 1094.055 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. (b) If the number...
• Texas Section 1094.056 - Officers
  The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and (2) a secretary, who need not be a director....
• Texas Section 1094.057 - 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 1094.058 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint one or more assistant administrators. (c) The district administrator...
• Texas Section 1094.059 - 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 1094.060 - Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctors as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1094.061 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may: (1) adopt rules related to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
• Texas Section 1094.101 - 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 1094.102 - 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 1094.103 - Oversight And Control
  The board shall oversee and control the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B....
• Texas Section 1094.104 - 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 1094.105 - 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 1094.106 - 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 1094.107 - 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 lease all...
• Texas Section 1094.108 - 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 1094.109 - 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 1094.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after advertising...
• Texas Section 1094.111 - 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 1094.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
• Texas Section 1094.113 - 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 and other services for the hospital or welfare...
• Texas Section 1094.114 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1094.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  (a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
• Texas Section 1094.151 - Election On Expansion Of Boundaries
  (a) On presentation of a petition for an election signed by at least 50 registered voters of Gaines County who do not reside within the...
• Texas Section 1094.152 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Expanding the Seminole Hospital District to include all of...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1094.153 - Election Results
  The district may not be expanded unless the proposition under Section 1094.152 is approved by a majority of the voters at an election held in...
• Texas Section 1094.201 - 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 1094.202 - 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 1094.203 - 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 1094.204 - 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 1094.205 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30, or as established by the board....
• Texas Section 1094.206 - Audit
  (a) The district shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1094.207 - Inspection Of Audit And District Records
  The 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. 1139...
• Texas Section 1094.208 - 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 1094.209 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1094.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1094.107(c) and Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...
• Texas Section 1094.251 - 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 1094.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1094.251, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1094.253 - 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 1094.254 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than the maximum maturity stated in the order calling the election. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1094.255 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner...
• Texas Section 1094.256 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1094.257 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
• Texas Section 1094.258 - 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 1094.259 - 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 G TAXES

• Texas Section 1094.260 - 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 1094.301 - 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 1094.302 - 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....
• Texas Section 1094.303 - Assessment And Collection Of Taxes
  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...

SUBCHAPTER H DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1094.304 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection...
• Texas Section 1094.401 - 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 1094.402 - 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 1094.403 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Seminole Hospital...
• Texas Section 1094.404 - 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 1094.405 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements,...
• Texas Section 1094.406 - 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 1094.407 - 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