Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1115 - Wilson County Memorial Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1115.001 - 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 1115.002 - Authority For Operation
The Wilson County Memorial Hospital District operates and is administered and financed in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights,...
- Texas Section 1115.003 - 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 1115.004 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Wilson County, Texas. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1115.005 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 1115.006 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 1115.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The board consists of nine directors elected as follows: (1) two directors elected from each county commissioners precinct of Wilson County; and (2) one...
- Texas Section 1115.052 - 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 1115.053 - 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 1115.054 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a...
- Texas Section 1115.055 - Board Vacancy
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. (b) A person appointed...
- Texas Section 1115.056 - 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 1115.057 - Compensation; Expenses
A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval by the...
- Texas Section 1115.058 - Voting Requirement
A concurrence of five 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 1115.059 - District Administrator; Assistant District Administrator
(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and shall receive...
- Texas Section 1115.060 - 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 1115.061 - Attorney
(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as the attorney for the district. (b) The attorney serves at the will of the board and...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1115.062 - 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...
- Texas Section 1115.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts 2013,...
- Texas Section 1115.102 - Restriction On Political Subdivision Taxation And Debt
A political subdivision located wholly or partly within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or...
- Texas Section 1115.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1115.104 - Hospital System
(a) The district shall provide for: (1) the establishment of a hospital system by: (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, and renovating buildings and equipment; and...
- Texas Section 1115.105 - 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 1115.106 - 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 1115.107 - 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 1115.108 - 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 located in...
- Texas Section 1115.109 - 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 1115.110 - 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 1115.111 - 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 1115.112 - 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 1115.113 - 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 1115.114 - 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 1115.115 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
The district, through 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...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1115.116 - Election Date
Notwithstanding Section 41.001(a), Election Code, the board may choose the date for an election held under this chapter other than a directors' election under Section...
- Texas Section 1115.151 - 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 1115.152 - 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 1115.153 - 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 1115.154 - 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 1115.155 - 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 1115.156 - Annual Audit
The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec....
- Texas Section 1115.157 - 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 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1115.158 - 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 1115.159 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 1115.160 - Spending And Investment Restrictions
(a) Except as provided by Section 1115.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the...
- Texas Section 1115.201 - 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 1115.202 - 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 1115.203 - 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 order calling...
- Texas Section 1115.204 - Maturity Of General Obligation Bonds
District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after their date of issuance. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...
- Texas Section 1115.205 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided...
- Texas Section 1115.206 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire...
- Texas Section 1115.207 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER F TAXES
- Texas Section 1115.208 - 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 1115.251 - 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 to...
- Texas Section 1115.252 - 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 1115.253 - 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 1115.254, the tax assessor-collector of Wilson County shall...
- Texas Section 1115.254 - 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