Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1110 - Val Verde County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1110.001 - 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 1110.002 - Authority For Operation
The Val Verde County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by...
- Texas Section 1110.003 - Essential Public Function
The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
- Texas Section 1110.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Val Verde County, Texas. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
- Texas Section 1110.005 - 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 1110.006 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1110.007 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1110.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of seven directors elected as follows: (1) one director elected from each county commissioners precinct; and (2) three directors elected from...
- Texas Section 1110.052 - 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 at the...
- Texas Section 1110.053 - Ex Officio Director
The chief of staff may serve as an ex officio director without the right to vote as a director. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg.,...
- Texas Section 1110.054 - 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 1110.055 - Notice Of Election
At least 10 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general...
- Texas Section 1110.056 - 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 1110.057 - Officers
The board shall elect from among its members a president and secretary. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01,...
- Texas Section 1110.058 - Compensation
A director serves without compensation. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2015.
- Texas Section 1110.059 - 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 1110.060 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of four directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1110.061 - Board Meetings
(a) A board meeting may be called by the president or any four directors. (b) Notice of the time and place of a board meeting...
- Texas Section 1110.062 - District Administrator; Assistant Administrator
(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The administrator and assistant administrator,...
- Texas Section 1110.063 - General Duties Of District Administrator
Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
- Texas Section 1110.064 - 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 1110.065 - Seniority; Retirement Benefits
The board may: (1) adopt rules relating to the seniority of district employees, including rules for a retirement plan based on seniority; and (2) give...
- Texas Section 1110.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1110.102 - 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 1110.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and all the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1110.104 - Hospital System
The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and (B)...
- Texas Section 1110.105 - 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 2013, 83rd...
- Texas Section 1110.106 - Purchasing And Accounting
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 1110.107 - Operating, Management, Or Consulting Contracts
(a) The board may enter into an operating, management, or consulting contract with respect to all or part of the district's facilities. The contract must...
- Texas Section 1110.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
(a) The board may lease all or part of the district's property, including facilities or equipment, on terms the board considers to be in the...
- Texas Section 1110.109 - 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 1110.110 - Construction And Purchase Contracts
(a) A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $50,000 shall be procured in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local...
- Texas Section 1110.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
The board may contract with: (1) any county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured...
- Texas Section 1110.112 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services as to the hospital or...
- Texas Section 1110.113 - 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 1110.114 - Fee Schedule For Out-of-district Residents
The board may adopt a fee schedule for services rendered to out-of-district residents which may be different from the fee schedule for services rendered to...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1110.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
(a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued. (b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which...
- Texas Section 1110.151 - 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 1110.152 - Proposed Budget: Notice And 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 1110.153 - Amendments To Budget
The annual budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1110.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1110.155 - 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 1110.156 - Annual Audit
(a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year. (b) As soon as the audit...
- Texas Section 1110.157 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1110.158 - 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 1110.159 - 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 1110.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1110.108(b) and Sections 1110.201-1110.207, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...
- Texas Section 1110.201 - 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 1110.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1110.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
- Texas Section 1110.203 - 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 1110.204 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes. (b) The bonds must...
- Texas Section 1110.205 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold,...
- Texas Section 1110.206 - Maturity Of Bonds
District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after their date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1110.207 - 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 1110.208 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) any bonds issued by the district; (2) the...
- Texas Section 1110.251 - 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 for...
- Texas Section 1110.252 - Tax Rate
(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 30 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...
Last modified: September 28, 2016