Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1102 - Sweeny Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1102.001 - 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 1102.002 - Authority For Operation
The Sweeny Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
- Texas Section 1102.003 - 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 1102.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Sweeny Independent School District as those boundaries existed on May 10, 1963. Added...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1102.005 - 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 1102.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven elected directors. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code: (1) directors serve two-year...
- Texas Section 1102.052 - Notice Of Election
Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. Added...
- Texas Section 1102.053 - 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) at...
- Texas Section 1102.054 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath
(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 1102.055 - 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 1102.056 - Officers
(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and secretary. (b) The board may elect or appoint other officers as the board...
- Texas Section 1102.057 - Compensation; Expenses
A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by...
- Texas Section 1102.058 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of four 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 1102.059 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may employ a general manager, an attorney, a bookkeeper, an architect, and other employees considered necessary for the efficient operation of the...
- Texas Section 1102.060 - Maintenance Of Records; Public Inspection
Except as provided by Section 1102.054, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1102.061 - 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 1102.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants and needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 1102.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipal Taxation
Brazoria County or a municipality in the district may not impose a tax on property in the district for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 1102.103 - 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 1102.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to district residents by: (A) purchasing, constructing,...
- Texas Section 1102.105 - Nursing Home Facilities
The district may provide outpatient care for the aged or infirm residing in the district in nursing home facilities by purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, renovating,...
- Texas Section 1102.106 - Rules
(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and district facilities. (b) The rules, on approval by the board, may be...
- Texas Section 1102.107 - 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 1102.108 - 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 1102.109 - 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 1102.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances...
- Texas Section 1102.111 - Nonprofit Corporation
(a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1102.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 1102.151 - Budget
The board annually shall have a budget prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts and collections;...
- Texas Section 1102.152 - Proposed Budget; Notice And Hearing
(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 1102.153 - 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 1102.154 - Annual Audit
The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B....
- Texas Section 1102.155 - Depository Or Treasurer
(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks in Brazoria County as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1102.156 - 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...
- Texas Section 1102.201 - General Obligation Bonds
The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to purchase, construct, acquire,...
- Texas Section 1102.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of...
- Texas Section 1102.203 - 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 1102.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board president shall execute district general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1102.205 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings, sites, or improvements for district purposes. (b) The bonds...
- Texas Section 1102.206 - 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 F TAXES
- Texas Section 1102.207 - 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 1102.251 - 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 1102.252 - Tax Rate
The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....
SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 1102.253 - 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 1102.301 - Dissolution; Election
(a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the registered district voters voting in an election held for that purpose....
- Texas Section 1102.302 - 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 1102.303 - Ballot
The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Sweeny Hospital...
- Texas Section 1102.304 - 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 1102.305 - 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 1102.306 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
(a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine any debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
- Texas Section 1102.307 - 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