Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1099 - Stratford Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1099.001 - 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 1099.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Stratford Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter....
• Texas Section 1099.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1099.004 - District Territory
  Unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D, the district is composed of the territory in the boundaries of that part of the Stratford...
• Texas Section 1099.005 - 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 1099.006 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1099.007 - 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 1099.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety...
• Texas Section 1099.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 30 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper or newspapers...
• Texas Section 1099.053 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be appointed or elected as a director unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; (2) a freeholder;...
• Texas Section 1099.054 - Bond
  (a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful...
• Texas Section 1099.055 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1099.056 - 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 1099.057 - 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 1099.058 - 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 1099.059 - District Manager; Assistant Manager
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district manager. (b) The board may appoint one or more assistant managers. (c) The manager and...
• Texas Section 1099.060 - General Duties Of District Manager
  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district manager shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1099.061 - Appointment And Dismissal Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctor the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1099.062 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
  The board may adopt rules relating to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 1099.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 1099.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district or that has the same boundaries as the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or...
• Texas Section 1099.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1099.104 - Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and...
• Texas Section 1099.105 - 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 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 1099.106 - 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 1099.107 - 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 1099.108 - 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 1099.109 - 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 1099.110 - Construction And Purchase Contracts
  A construction or purchase contract that involves the expenditure of more than $15,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter...
• Texas Section 1099.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1099.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization And Treatment
  (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 1099.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with another political subdivision or a governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the hospital or...
• Texas Section 1099.114 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district manager may have an inquiry made into the...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1099.115 - 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 1099.151 - Territory That May Be Annexed
  (a) The district may annex territory that is not located in: (1) Sherman County; (2) the boundaries of another hospital district; or (3) the proposed...
• Texas Section 1099.152 - Petition To Annex Territory
  (a) A petition requesting that territory be annexed to the district may be presented to the board. The petition must: (1) describe the tract or...
• Texas Section 1099.153 - Election Order
  (a) If, on receipt of a petition under Section 1099.152, the board finds that annexing the territory is in the district's best interest, the board...
• Texas Section 1099.154 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The establishment of the Hospital District with extended boundaries...
• Texas Section 1099.155 - Notice Of Election
  (a) Notice of the election shall be given by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in...
• Texas Section 1099.156 - Election Results
  (a) Territory may not be annexed to the district unless: (1) an election is held in accordance with this subchapter; and (2) the annexation is...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1099.157 - Effect Of Annexation
  (a) Territory annexed to the district is part of the board for all purposes. (b) The annexation of territory to the district does not change...
• Texas Section 1099.201 - Budget
  (a) The district manager shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:...
• Texas Section 1099.202 - Notice; Hearing; Approval Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the hearing, notice of...
• Texas Section 1099.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1099.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1099.205 - Fiscal Year
  The district shall operate on a fiscal year that begins on September 1 and ends on August 31. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1099.206 - Audit
  (a) The district shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for each fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit is...
• Texas Section 1099.207 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1099.208 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district manager shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of...
• Texas Section 1099.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district money, other...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1099.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1099.107(c) and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...
• Texas Section 1099.251 - 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 1099.252 - 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 1099.253 - 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 1099.254 - 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 1099.255 - 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...
• Texas Section 1099.256 - 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 1099.257 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER G TAXES

• Texas Section 1099.258 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) any bonds issued by the district; (2) the...
• Texas Section 1099.301 - Imposition Of Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax...
• Texas Section 1099.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 40 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district....
• Texas Section 1099.303 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
  Unless the board by majority vote elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1099.304, the tax assessor-collector of the county in which the...
• Texas Section 1099.304 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
  (a) The board, by majority vote, may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election...

Last modified: September 28, 2016