Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1107 - Titus County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1107.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district. (2) "District" means the Titus County Hospital District. (3) "Manager" means...
- Texas Section 1107.002 - Authority For Operation
The Titus County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the powers and responsibilities provided by that section....
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1107.003 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Titus County. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
- Texas Section 1107.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven voting managers and one nonvoting manager as follows: (1) one voting manager elected from each commissioners precinct of Titus...
- Texas Section 1107.052 - Notice Of Election
(a) The board shall give notice of an election of managers by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the...
- Texas Section 1107.053 - Ballot Petition
A person seeking to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for manager must file with the board secretary a petition...
- Texas Section 1107.054 - Qualifications For Candidacy
(a) A candidate for manager must be a resident of the district. (b) A candidate for a commissioners precinct must be a resident of that...
- Texas Section 1107.055 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of manager, other than the ex officio manager, the remaining managers shall appoint a manager for the unexpired...
- Texas Section 1107.056 - Nonattendance
The failure of a manager to attend three consecutive regular board meetings causes a vacancy in the manager's office unless the absence is excused by...
- Texas Section 1107.057 - Officers
(a) The board shall select from among the managers a presiding officer, who shall preside over the board. (b) A presiding officer pro tem shall...
- Texas Section 1107.058 - Compensation
A manager serves without compensation, but the board may establish a system and set the amount of meeting fees for attending board or committee meetings....
- Texas Section 1107.059 - Liability Insurance
The board may purchase and provide the managers with liability insurance the board considers necessary or advisable to protect the managers from risks that might...
- Texas Section 1107.060 - Quorum; Voting Requirement
(a) Four managers, not including the ex officio manager, constitute a quorum. (b) A concurrence of a majority of the voting managers present is required...
- Texas Section 1107.061 - Records Of Proceedings
(a) The board shall require the secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. (b) After each meeting: (1) the manager...
- Texas Section 1107.062 - Personnel Matters; Closed Meeting
A member or prospective member of the medical staff or a person who serves or is being considered for a position as a medical director...
- Texas Section 1107.063 - District Administrator
(a) The board shall appoint under terms prescribed by the board a general manager qualified by training and experience as the district administrator. (b) The...
- Texas Section 1107.064 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) perform the duties required by the board; (2) supervise the work and...
- Texas Section 1107.065 - Assistant To District Administrator
(a) The board may designate an assistant to the district administrator to discharge a duty or function of the administrator in the event of the...
- Texas Section 1107.066 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may employ under terms prescribed by the board any employees as considered advisable for the efficient operation of the hospital or hospital...
- Texas Section 1107.067 - Health Care Educational Programs
The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or assist health care educational programs for...
- Texas Section 1107.068 - Legal Counsel
(a) The appropriate county, district, or criminal district attorney charged with representing Titus County in civil matters shall represent the district in all legal matters....
- Texas Section 1107.069 - Retirement Program
The board may: (1) contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1107.070 - Seal
The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the acts of the board. The board secretary shall keep the seal....
- Texas Section 1107.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1107.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
Titus County or a municipality in the county may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1107.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospital or hospital system. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
- Texas Section 1107.104 - Rules
The board may adopt rules for the operation of the hospital or hospital system. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1107.105 - Purchasing And Accounting
(a) The board may prescribe: (1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) all accounting and...
- Texas Section 1107.106 - District Facilities
The board may: (1) purchase or build facilities for medical purposes; and (2) rent the facilities or space in the facilities at a rate sufficient...
- Texas Section 1107.107 - Promotion Of District Services
The board may market or advertise to promote district services, the orderly operation of the district, and the appropriate delivery of health care in the...
- Texas Section 1107.108 - 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 1107.109 - 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 1107.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board may contract with: (1) any county for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county; and (2) this...
- Texas Section 1107.111 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient from Titus County is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1107.112 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The board may sue and be sued. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2015.
- Texas Section 1107.151 - Budget
(a) The district administrator, under the direction of the board, shall prepare an annual budget. (b) The budget must be approved by the board. Added...
- Texas Section 1107.152 - Annual Audit
As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall have an audit made of the district's books and records for...
- Texas Section 1107.153 - Financial Report
(a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare a report that includes: (1) a complete sworn...
- Texas Section 1107.154 - Depository
(a) After advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code, the board shall choose by competitive bidding...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1107.155 - Warrants
A warrant against district money does not require the signature of the county clerk of Titus County. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1107.201 - Bonds
The board may issue and sell bonds as district obligations for any purpose relating to: (1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings...
- Texas Section 1107.202 - Tax To Pay Bonds
(a) An ad valorem tax shall be imposed at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and...
- Texas Section 1107.203 - Bond Election
The district may issue bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election called by the...
- Texas Section 1107.204 - Refunding Bonds
(a) District refunding bonds may be issued without an election and in the manner provided by this subchapter to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1107.205 - Execution Of Bonds
The board's presiding officer shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...
- Texas Section 1107.251 - 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 1107.252 - Tax Rate
The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all property in the district subject...
- Texas Section 1107.253 - Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
Unless the board elects to have district taxes assessed and collected by its own tax assessor-collector under Section 1107.254, the tax assessor-collector of Titus County...
- Texas Section 1107.254 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
(a) The board may elect to employ a tax assessor-collector to assess and collect district taxes by adopting an appropriate resolution before December 1 of...
Last modified: September 28, 2016