Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1117 - Yoakum Hospital District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1117.001 - 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 1117.002 - Authority For Operation
The Yoakum Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the powers and responsibilities provided by that section and...
- Texas Section 1117.003 - 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 1117.004 - District Territory
Unless modified under Subchapter D, the district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 317, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session,...
- Texas Section 1117.005 - 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 1117.006 - 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 1117.007 - 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 1117.051 - Board Election; Term
(a) The district is governed by a board of seven elected directors. (b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with the terms of two or three...
- Texas Section 1117.052 - Notice Of Election
(a) At least 10 days before the date of a directors' election, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper of...
- Texas Section 1117.053 - Qualifications For Office
A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person: (1) is a resident of the district; (2) owns property in...
- Texas Section 1117.054 - 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 1117.055 - Board Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
- Texas Section 1117.056 - Officers
The board shall annually elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 1117.057 - Compensation; Expenses
A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by...
- Texas Section 1117.058 - 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 1117.059 - 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 1117.060 - General Duties Of District Administrator
(a) Subject to the direct control and responsibility of the board and any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the...
- Texas Section 1117.061 - Employees
(a) The board may employ employees, including doctors, technicians, nurses, bookkeepers, financial advisors, architects, lawyers, and clerks, as considered necessary or convenient for the efficient...
- Texas Section 1117.062 - Medical Director
(a) The board shall appoint a medical director. (b) To be qualified for appointment as the medical director, a person must: (1) be a doctor...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1117.063 - Retirement Program; Insurance Or Medical Protection Program
The board may enter into any contract as required to establish or continue a retirement program or insurance or medical protection program for the benefit...
- Texas Section 1117.101 - District Responsibility
The district has full responsibility for: (1) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants; and (2) operating all hospital facilities for providing...
- Texas Section 1117.102 - Restriction On County Or Municipal Taxation
A county, any part of which is in the district, or a municipality in the district may not issue bonds or other obligations or impose...
- Texas Section 1117.103 - Management And Control
(a) The management and control of the district is vested in the board. (b) The district, through the board, has every power, right, and privilege...
- Texas Section 1117.104 - 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 1117.105 - Rules
The district, through the board, may adopt rules for the operation of the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026),...
- Texas Section 1117.106 - 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 1117.107 - 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 1117.108 - 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 1117.109 - 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 1117.110 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
(a) When a patient who resides in the district has been admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the...
SUBCHAPTER D CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES
- Texas Section 1117.111 - 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...
- Texas Section 1117.151 - Annexation; Territory Subject To Annexation
The board may adopt an order to annex territory that is adjacent to the district if an election is called by the board in accordance...
- Texas Section 1117.152 - Election
An election described by Section 1117.151 must be confined to the territory proposed to be annexed to the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg.,...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1117.153 - Election Result; Effect
On approval of the annexation by a majority of the voters in the territory proposed to be annexed, the territory: (1) becomes a part of...
- Texas Section 1117.201 - Budget
The board shall prepare an annual budget, with the assistance of the district administrator, that corresponds to the district's fiscal year. Added by Acts 2013,...
- Texas Section 1117.202 - Notice; Hearing
(a) Before an annual budget described by Section 1117.201 is adopted, the board shall call a public hearing on the budget. (b) Notice of the...
- Texas Section 1117.203 - Fiscal Year
The board may establish a fiscal year for the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
- Texas Section 1117.204 - Annual Audit
Promptly after the close of each fiscal year, the board shall have an annual audit made of the district's books and records by an independent...
- Texas Section 1117.205 - Financial Report
After the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board: (1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and...
- Texas Section 1117.206 - Inspection Of District Records And Reports
The district's financial books and records, annual audit reports, district administrator's statement, and annual budget shall be open to reasonable inspection at the district's principal...
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS
- Texas Section 1117.207 - Depository Or Treasurer
(a) The board shall designate one or more banks in the district to serve as depository or treasurer for district money. (b) District money shall...
- Texas Section 1117.251 - General Obligation Bonds
(a) The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose...
- Texas Section 1117.252 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1117.251, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to...
- Texas Section 1117.253 - 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 1117.254 - Execution Of General Obligation Bonds
The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name, and the board secretary shall attest the bonds as provided by Chapter...
- Texas Section 1117.255 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The district may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund any bond or other refundable indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER G TAXES
- Texas Section 1117.256 - 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) the transfer...
- Texas Section 1117.301 - 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 board shall impose the tax...
- Texas Section 1117.302 - Tax Rate
The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district....
- Texas Section 1117.303 - Tax Assessor-collector
The tax assessor-collector of: (1) DeWitt County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district on all taxable property in DeWitt County; (2) Lavaca...
Last modified: September 28, 2016