Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1109 - Tyler County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1109.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district. (2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Tyler County. (3)...
• Texas Section 1109.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Tyler County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the powers and responsibilities provided by that section....
• Texas Section 1109.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1109.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Tyler County. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
• Texas Section 1109.051 - Board Appointment; Term
  (a) The board consists of: (1) six managers appointed by the commissioners court; and (2) the county judge of Tyler County as an ex officio...
• Texas Section 1109.052 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To serve as a manager, a person must be a resident and qualified voter of the district. (b) A district employee may not serve...
• Texas Section 1109.053 - Board Vacancy
  The commissioners court shall fill a vacancy on the board by appointment. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01,...
• Texas Section 1109.054 - 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 1109.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, who shall preside, and a vice president, who shall preside in the president's absence....
• Texas Section 1109.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A manager serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of the manager's duties...
• Texas Section 1109.057 - District Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a person qualified by training and experience as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the...
• Texas Section 1109.058 - 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 1109.059 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint an assistant district administrator and an attorney. (b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney serve at the will of...
• Texas Section 1109.060 - Appointment And Removal Of Staff And Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to and remove from the staff any doctors and employ any other employees considered advisable for the efficient operation of...
• Texas Section 1109.061 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1109.062 - 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 1109.101 - 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 1109.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipality Taxation
  Tyler 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 1109.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer: (1) the district's hospital or hospital system; and (2) the district's business, funds, and resources. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1109.104 - Hospital Or Hospital System
  (a) The district shall provide for the establishment, administration, maintenance, operation, and financing of a hospital or hospital system in the district. (b) The district...
• Texas Section 1109.105 - 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 1109.106 - 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 1109.107 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
• Texas Section 1109.108 - 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 1109.109 - 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 1109.110 - Construction Contracts
  The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1109.111 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a hospital facility. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1109.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  The board, with the approval of the commissioners court, may contract with: (1) any county for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
• Texas Section 1109.113 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the...
• Texas Section 1109.114 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care or treatment...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1109.115 - 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 1109.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator, under the direction of the board, shall prepare a proposed annual budget. (b) The budget must be approved by the board....
• Texas Section 1109.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall publish notice of a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general...
• Texas Section 1109.153 - Amendments To Budget
  The budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1109.154 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) when revenue bonds...
• Texas Section 1109.155 - Annual Audit
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition for the...
• Texas Section 1109.156 - 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 1109.157 - Depository
  Every two years, the board shall select a depository for the district to secure all district money in the manner provided for securing county funds....
• Texas Section 1109.158 - Investments
  The board may purchase, sell, and invest district funds in investments authorized by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1109.159 - 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 1109.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The commissioners court may issue and sell general obligation bonds of the district for any purpose relating to: (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating...
• Texas Section 1109.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation 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 1109.203 - 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 1109.204 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
  (a) The county judge of Tyler County shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The county clerk of Tyler County shall...
• Texas Section 1109.205 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The district may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings and improvements; (2) equip buildings and improvements for the...
• Texas Section 1109.206 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The district may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may...
• Texas Section 1109.207 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
• Texas Section 1109.208 - Execution Of Bonds
  The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter...

SUBCHAPTER F TAXES

• Texas Section 1109.209 - 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) any transaction...
• Texas Section 1109.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The commissioners court shall impose a tax for the benefit of the district on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b)...
• Texas Section 1109.252 - Tax Rate
  The commissioners court shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1109.253 - 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 1109.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b)...
• Texas Section 1109.302 - 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 copy of the...
• Texas Section 1109.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Tyler County...
• Texas Section 1109.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the district voters favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b) If the board finds that...
• Texas Section 1109.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the district voters favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong...
• Texas Section 1109.306 - Sale Or Transfer Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the...
• Texas Section 1109.307 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (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 1109.308 - 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