Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1108 - Trinity Memorial Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1108.001 - 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 1108.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Trinity Memorial Hospital District operates and is administered and financed in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers,...
• Texas Section 1108.003 - 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 1108.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory in Trinity County described by Section 2, Chapter 265, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981. Added...
• Texas Section 1108.005 - 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 1108.006 - 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 1108.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The board consists of nine directors elected by place. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, directors serve...
• Texas Section 1108.052 - 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 1108.053 - 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 1108.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) at least 18 years of age; (2) a...
• Texas Section 1108.055 - 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 1108.056 - 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 1108.057 - 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 1108.058 - Quorum; Voting Requirement
  (a) Any five directors constitute a quorum. (b) A concurrence of five directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1108.059 - District Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled...
• Texas Section 1108.060 - 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 1108.061 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as: (1) the assistant district administrator; and (2) the attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator...
• Texas Section 1108.062 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1108.063 - 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 1108.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities and for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1108.102 - 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 1108.103 - Hospital System; Mobile Emergency Medical Services
  (a) The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system and the provision of emergency medical services by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring,...
• Texas Section 1108.104 - 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 1108.105 - 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 1108.106 - 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 1108.107 - 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 1108.108 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad,...
• Texas Section 1108.109 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or...
• Texas Section 1108.110 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $10,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and...
• Texas Section 1108.111 - 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 1108.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Services
  The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide mobile emergency medical services and investigatory or other services...
• Texas Section 1108.113 - 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 1108.114 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require a county or municipality located outside the district to reimburse the district for the care and treatment of a sick...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1108.115 - 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 1108.151 - 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 1108.152 - 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 1108.153 - Amendments To Budget
  After the annual budget is adopted, the budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 1108.154 - 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 1108.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period...
• Texas Section 1108.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually 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....
• Texas Section 1108.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual 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....
• Texas Section 1108.158 - 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 1108.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) District money,...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1108.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as provided by Section 1108.106(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...
• Texas Section 1108.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating...
• Texas Section 1108.202 - 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 1108.203 - 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. (b) The board, in...
• Texas Section 1108.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire and...
• Texas Section 1108.205 - 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...
• Texas Section 1108.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after their date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
• Texas Section 1108.207 - Execution Of Bonds
  The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1108.208 - 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 1108.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to...
• Texas Section 1108.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district...
• Texas Section 1108.253 - 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016