Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1111 - Walker County Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1111.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district. (2) "District" means the Walker County Hospital District of Walker County,...
- Texas Section 1111.002 - Authority For Creation
The Walker County Hospital District of Walker County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 1111.003 - 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 1111.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Walker County, Texas. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
- Texas Section 1111.005 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1111.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
The support and maintenance of the district's hospital system may not become a charge against or obligation of this state. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
- Texas Section 1111.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of five elected managers. (b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, managers serve staggered two-year...
- Texas Section 1111.052 - Notice Of Election
At least 10 days before the date of a managers' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper of general...
- Texas Section 1111.053 - Request To Appear On Ballot
A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for manager must file a written request with the...
- Texas Section 1111.054 - Qualifications For Office
A person may not serve as a manager unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) at least 18 years of...
- Texas Section 1111.055 - Bond; Record Of Bond And Oath
(a) Each manager shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is: (1) approved by the board; (2) payable to the district; and...
- Texas Section 1111.056 - Officers
(a) The board shall select from among the managers a presiding officer. (b) A presiding officer pro tem shall preside in the absence of the...
- Texas Section 1111.057 - Office; Meetings
(a) The board: (1) shall establish an office and meeting place in the district; (2) shall establish regular meetings to conduct district business; and (3)...
- Texas Section 1111.058 - Records Of Proceedings
(a) The board shall require the board secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. (b) After each meeting: (1) the...
- Texas Section 1111.059 - 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 receives the...
- Texas Section 1111.060 - 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 1111.061 - Appointment Of Staff And Employees
(a) The board may: (1) appoint to the staff any doctors and employ any technicians, nurses, and other employees considered necessary for the efficient operation...
- Texas Section 1111.062 - Retirement Program
The board may contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of district...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1111.063 - Seal
The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the board's acts. The board secretary shall keep the seal. Added by...
- Texas Section 1111.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
- Texas Section 1111.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
A political subdivision in Walker County, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
- Texas Section 1111.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec....
- Texas Section 1111.104 - Hospital System
(a) The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district to furnish hospital care to district residents...
- Texas Section 1111.105 - Rules
The district through the board may adopt rules for the operation of the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
- Texas Section 1111.106 - 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 1111.107 - 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 1111.108 - Leases
(a) The district through the board may lease all or part of the buildings and facilities comprising the hospital system to any person on terms...
- Texas Section 1111.109 - Operating And Management Contracts
The district through the board may: (1) enter into an operating or management contract with any person regarding any district hospital or any part of...
- Texas Section 1111.110 - Contracts For Care
The board may contract with any lessee of the district's hospitals or any other person to provide hospital care to needy district inhabitants for the...
- Texas Section 1111.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Hospitalization
(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the hospitalization of a sick or injured person of...
- Texas Section 1111.112 - Disposition Of Property
The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the district's best interest. Added by...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1111.113 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
As a governmental agency, the district, through the board, may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state....
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1111.151 - Depository
(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank in Walker County as the district's depository. A designated bank serves for two years and until...
- Texas Section 1111.201 - 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 1111.202 - 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 1111.203 - 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 in an election...
- Texas Section 1111.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
- Texas Section 1111.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board's presiding officer shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by...
- Texas Section 1111.206 - Investment Of General Obligation Bond Proceeds
Until general obligation bond proceeds are needed to carry out the bond purpose, the proceeds may be: (1) invested in direct obligations of the United...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1111.207 - Revenue And Special Obligation Bonds
(a) The district may, without an election, issue revenue or special obligation bonds as authorized by the laws of this state relating to the issuance...
- Texas Section 1111.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
(a) The board shall impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax shall be imposed for...
- Texas Section 1111.252 - Tax Rate
The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....
- Texas Section 1111.253 - Assessment And Collection By County Tax Assessor-collector
Unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected by its own tax assessor-collector under Section 1111.254, the tax assessor-collector of Walker County shall...
- Texas Section 1111.254 - Assessment And Collection By District Tax Assessor-collector
(a) The board by majority vote may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election...
Last modified: September 28, 2016