Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1114 - Willacy County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1114.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Willacy County. (3) "Director"...
• Texas Section 1114.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Willacy County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this...
• Texas Section 1114.003 - 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 1114.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Willacy County, Texas. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
• Texas Section 1114.005 - Location Of Hospital Facilities
  The district hospital facilities shall be constructed and located on the property described by Section 10(a), Chapter 323, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session,...
• Texas Section 1114.006 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The support and maintenance of the district and any indebtedness incurred by the district under this chapter may not become a charge against or obligation...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1114.007 - 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 1114.051 - Board Election; Term
  (a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors elected as follows: (1) two directors elected from each commissioners precinct; and (2) one...
• Texas Section 1114.052 - Notice Of Election
  At least 90 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper or newspapers...
• Texas Section 1114.053 - 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 1114.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To qualify for election to the board, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a qualified voter. (b) In...
• Texas Section 1114.055 - Oath; Bond; Record Of Bond
  (a) A person elected to the board shall qualify for office by executing: (1) a written oath; and (2) a good and sufficient surety bond...
• Texas Section 1114.056 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by a majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added...
• Texas Section 1114.057 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. (b) The offices of secretary and...
• Texas Section 1114.058 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be: (1) reported...
• Texas Section 1114.059 - Meetings
  The board shall meet at least once a month on a regular meeting date prescribed by the board. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1114.060 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of five directors is required in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
• Texas Section 1114.061 - Administrator; Assistant Administrator
  (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator. (c) The administrator and any assistant...
• Texas Section 1114.062 - 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 1114.063 - Appointment Of Staff; Employees
  (a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctor the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1114.064 - 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 1114.101 - District Responsibility
  (a) The district shall provide for the medical and hospital care of the district's needy inhabitants, as required by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution,...
• Texas Section 1114.102 - 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 1114.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's services, money, and resources. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
• Texas Section 1114.104 - 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 2013, 83rd...
• Texas Section 1114.105 - 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 1114.106 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the...
• Texas Section 1114.107 - 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 1114.108 - Construction Contracts
  A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1114.109 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1114.110 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Care And Treatment
  The board may contract with: (1) any county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person...
• Texas Section 1114.111 - Contracts With Governmental Entities For Investigatory Or Other Services
  The board may contract with another political subdivision or a governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the medical, hospital,...
• Texas Section 1114.112 - Health Care Services
  (a) The district shall provide the inpatient and outpatient hospital services and physician services a county is required to provide under Section 61.028(a), Health and...
• Texas Section 1114.113 - Health Care Services Eligibility
  (a) The district shall provide health care assistance as required by this chapter to each eligible resident of the district. (b) A person is eligible...
• Texas Section 1114.114 - Mandated Provider
  The district may select one or more providers of health care services and may require an eligible resident to obtain care from a provider except:...
• Texas Section 1114.115 - Notification Of Provision Of Nonemergency Services
  (a) The district may require a mandated provider selected by the district under Section 1114.114 to obtain approval from the district before providing nonemergency health...
• Texas Section 1114.116 - Notification Of Provision Of Emergency Services
  (a) If a patient who is eligible for assistance under this chapter requires emergency services from a nonmandated provider, the provider must notify the district...
• Texas Section 1114.117 - Payment For Services
  (a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, the district is liable for health care services provided under this chapter by any provider, including another...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1114.118 - 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 1114.151 - 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 1114.152 - Notice; Hearing; Action On Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing each year on the proposed annual budget. (b) At least 10 days before the date of the...
• Texas Section 1114.153 - Fiscal Year
  The district operates according to a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 1114.154 - Annual Audit
  (a) The district shall have an independent annual audit made of the district's financial condition for each fiscal year. (b) After approval by the board,...
• Texas Section 1114.155 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1114.156 - Depository
  (a) Every two years, the board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1114.157 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1114.106(b) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than...
• Texas Section 1114.201 - 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: (1) purchasing, constructing,...
• Texas Section 1114.202 - 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 1114.203 - 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 1114.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1114.205 - Promissory Notes
  (a) The board may execute and deliver promissory notes to purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings and improvements for hospital purposes. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1114.206 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) District refunding bonds may be issued to refund outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold, with the...
• Texas Section 1114.207 - Maturity Of Bonds
  District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
• Texas Section 1114.208 - 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 1114.209 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) bonds issued or assumed by the district; (2)...
• Texas Section 1114.251 - 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 may impose the tax to:...
• Texas Section 1114.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 15 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1114.253 - 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 1114.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The commissioners court shall order an election on the question of dissolution of the district if the board receives a petition of 20 percent...
• Texas Section 1114.302 - Notice Of Election
  The commissioners court shall publish a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district once a week for...
• Texas Section 1114.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must provide for voting for or against the following proposition: "Dissolution of the Willacy County Hospital District."...
• Texas Section 1114.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the voters in an election favor dissolution, the commissioners court shall declare the results and order the district dissolved. A...
• Texas Section 1114.305 - Determination Of Debt
  After issuing the dissolution order, the commissioners court shall: (1) determine the full debt owed by the district; and (2) correct the last approved assessment...

Last modified: September 28, 2016