Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1100 - South Randall County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1100.001 - 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 1100.002 - Authority For Operation
  The South Randall County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by...
• Texas Section 1100.003 - 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 1100.004 - District Territory
  Unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D, the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precinct Number 3...
• Texas Section 1100.005 - 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 1100.006 - 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 1100.007 - 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 1100.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) Unless the number of directors is increased or decreased in accordance with Section 1100.060, the board consists of seven directors elected from the district...
• Texas Section 1100.052 - 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 1100.053 - Ballot Petition
  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 a...
• Texas Section 1100.054 - 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 1100.055 - 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 1100.056 - 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 1100.057 - Quorum; Voting Requirement
  (a) Any four directors constitute a quorum. (b) A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1100.058 - Expenses
  A director or officer may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be: (1) reported in the...
• Texas Section 1100.059 - Payment For Attendance At Meetings
  The board may establish a system of payments set at a reasonable amount determined by the board for attending board or committee meetings related to...
• Texas Section 1100.060 - Petition To Change Number Of Directors
  (a) A petition to increase or decrease the number of directors by one or two directors may be presented to the board at any time....
• Texas Section 1100.061 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The district administrator shall...
• Texas Section 1100.062 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to any limitation prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1100.063 - 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...
• Texas Section 1100.064 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff
  (a) The district may spend district money to recruit physicans, nurses, or other trained medical personnel. (b) The district may pay the tuition or other...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1100.065 - Continuing Education; Retraining
  The board may spend district money for continuing education and retraining of employees. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec....
• Texas Section 1100.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1100.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
  A political subdivision located within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical...
• Texas Section 1100.103 - 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 1100.104 - 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 1100.105 - 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 1100.106 - 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 1100.107 - 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 1100.108 - 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 1100.109 - 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 1100.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $15,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter...
• Texas Section 1100.111 - 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 1100.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  (a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1100.113 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with another political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the medical, hospital, or...
• Texas Section 1100.114 - 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...
• Texas Section 1100.115 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require the sheriff of Randall County or the police chief of a municipality located in Randall County, as appropriate, to reimburse...

SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 1100.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1100.151 - Expansion Of Territory; Election
  (a) The board may order an election on the question of: (1) expanding the district's boundaries to include all of the territory in Randall County...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1100.152 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Expanding the South Randall County Hospital District to include...
• Texas Section 1100.201 - 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 1100.202 - Notice; Hearing; Approval 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 1100.203 - Amendments To Budget
  The annual budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
• Texas Section 1100.204 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1100.205 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in...
• Texas Section 1100.206 - Audit
  The board shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01,...
• Texas Section 1100.207 - 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 1100.208 - 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 1100.209 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks or other federally insured financial institutions inside or outside the district to serve as a depository...
• Texas Section 1100.210 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 1100.104(b), 1100.107, 1100.110, 1100.111, and 1100.211 and Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 1100.211 - 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 1100.251 - 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 1100.252 - 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 1100.253 - 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 1100.254 - 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 1100.255 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  The board president shall execute the district's general obligation bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the general obligation bonds in...
• Texas Section 1100.256 - 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 1100.257 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER G TAXES

• Texas Section 1100.258 - 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) the transfer...
• Texas Section 1100.301 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem 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 1100.302 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...

SUBCHAPTER H DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1100.303 - 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 1100.351 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved as provided by this subchapter. (b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district...
• Texas Section 1100.352 - Ballot
  The ballot for the election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the South Randall...
• Texas Section 1100.353 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in the election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1100.354 - 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 to Randall County the...
• Texas Section 1100.355 - Imposition Of Tax
  (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 1100.356 - Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations of the district, the board shall order the board secretary to return to each district...
• Texas Section 1100.357 - 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