Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1098 - Stonewall County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1098.001 - 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 1098.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Stonewall County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this...
• Texas Section 1098.003 - Political Subdivision
  The district is a political subdivision of this state. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1098.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Stonewall County, Texas. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1098.005 - 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 1098.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  This state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1098.007 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1098.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected from the district at large by place. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms....
• Texas Section 1098.052 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. Added...
• Texas Section 1098.053 - 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 1098.054 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (b)...
• Texas Section 1098.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and vice president from among its members; and (2) a secretary and treasurer who is not required...
• Texas Section 1098.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of the director's official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1098.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1098.058 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator and any...
• Texas Section 1098.059 - 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 1098.060 - Staff And Employees; Recruitment Of Personnel
  (a) The district may: (1) appoint physicians to the district's staff; and (2) employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, attorneys, and other necessary employees....
• Texas Section 1098.061 - 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 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1098.062 - 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 1098.063 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
  All district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1098.064 - Seal
  The board may adopt a seal for the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1098.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1098.102 - Restriction On Taxation And Debt
  Stonewall County or another governmental entity in which the district is located may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital...
• Texas Section 1098.103 - Management And Control Of District
  The management and control of the district is vested in the board. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01,...
• Texas Section 1098.104 - Hospital System
  The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care for district residents by: (A) purchasing, constructing,...
• Texas Section 1098.105 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and district facilities. (b) The rules may, on approval by the board, be...
• Texas Section 1098.106 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  (a) The board may prescribe the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district. (b) The board shall prescribe: (1)...
• Texas Section 1098.107 - 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 1098.108 - 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, real, personal,...
• Texas Section 1098.109 - 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 1098.110 - Bidding Requirements
  The district shall comply with the bidding requirements prescribed by Chapter 271, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1098.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a hospital facility. The term of the contract may not exceed 25 years....
• Texas Section 1098.112 - Contracts For Health Care
  The board may contract with any public or private entity, including the federal government, this state, a political subdivision, or a charitable organization, to provide...
• Texas Section 1098.113 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1098.114 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1098.151 - Budget
  The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts...
• Texas Section 1098.152 - Notice; Hearing; Approval Of Budget
  (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 1098.153 - Amendments To Budget
  The annual budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1098.154 - Spending Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than revenue held by the...
• Texas Section 1098.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) if revenue bonds...
• Texas Section 1098.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's books and records for the fiscal year. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1098.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1098.158 - 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 1098.159 - Depository Or Treasurer
  (a) The board by resolution shall designate one or more banks to serve as the district's depository or treasurer. (b) District money shall be deposited...
• Texas Section 1098.160 - General 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...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1098.161 - Authority To Borrow Money In Emergency; 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 1098.201 - 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 1098.202 - 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 1098.203 - 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 1098.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
  District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1098.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1098.206 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1098.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) On final approval of the budget, the board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1098.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters. (b) The tax rate for all...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1098.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the tax assessor-collector of Stonewall County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district. (b) The board...
• Texas Section 1098.301 - 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 1098.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the...
• Texas Section 1098.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Stonewall County...
• Texas Section 1098.304 - 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 1098.305 - 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 1098.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) The district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person....
• Texas Section 1098.307 - 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 1098.308 - 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