Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1121 - Cameron County Healthcare District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1121.001 - 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 1121.002 - District Authorization
  The Cameron County Healthcare District may be created and, if created, operates and is financed as a hospital district as provided by Section 9, Article...
• Texas Section 1121.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034), Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 1121.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Cameron County. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034), Sec....
• Texas Section 1121.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The state may not be obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034),...

SUBCHAPTER A-1 TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1121.006 - 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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1121.021 - Creation Election; Ordering Election
  (a) The district may be created and a tax may be authorized only if the creation and the tax are approved by a majority of...
• Texas Section 1121.051 - Directors; Term
  (a) If the creation of the district is approved at the election held under Section 1121.021, the district shall be governed by a board of...
• Texas Section 1121.052 - Eligibility For Appointment To Board
  A person is not eligible for appointment to the board if the person is: (1) an employee of Cameron County; (2) an employee of a...
• Texas Section 1121.053 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among the directors: (1) a chair; and (2) a vice chair to preside in the chair's absence. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1121.054 - Compensation; Reimbursement
  A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1121.055 - Director's Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond in the amount of $5,000 payable to the district and conditioned on...
• Texas Section 1121.056 - Board Vacancy
  A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment by the person or governing body...
• Texas Section 1121.057 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in matters relating to district business. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1121.058 - District Administrator; Administrator's Bond
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board. (c) The district...
• Texas Section 1121.059 - 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 1121.060 - Assistant District Administrator; Attorney
  (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as assistant district administrator and attorney for the district. (b) The assistant district administrator and attorney for the...
• Texas Section 1121.061 - Employees
  (a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees. (b) The board may delegate to the district...
• Texas Section 1121.062 - Recruitment Of Medical Staff And Employees
  The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary actions to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff...
• Texas Section 1121.063 - Appointment And Removal Of Medical Staff
  The board may: (1) appoint to the medical staff any doctor the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district; (2) remove any...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1121.064 - 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 1121.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating the district's hospital facilities and providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1121.102 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district and the money and resources of the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 1121.103 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the district and any district hospital; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district...
• Texas Section 1121.104 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
• Texas Section 1121.105 - Provision Of Certain Health Services
  (a) The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. (b) The district may operate or provide for home...
• Texas Section 1121.106 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate health care district; and (2) the type...
• Texas Section 1121.107 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital or other health care facilities for the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th...
• Texas Section 1121.108 - Service Contracts
  (a) The board may contract with public or private hospitals, clinics, physicians or other health care providers, political subdivisions of the state, accredited public or...
• Texas Section 1121.109 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
• Texas Section 1121.110 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad,...
• Texas Section 1121.111 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or...
• Texas Section 1121.112 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility or receives medical or hospital care from...
• Texas Section 1121.113 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) If the district provides care or treatment to a sick or injured person who is not an inhabitant of Cameron County, the board shall...
• Texas Section 1121.114 - Nonprofit Corporation
  (a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the...
• Texas Section 1121.115 - Loans And Grants For Economic Development Purposes
  Under the authority granted by Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may loan or grant money to any person for the development of...
• Texas Section 1121.116 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034), Sec. 1,...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1121.117 - Construction Contracts; Advertising For Certain Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into a construction contract on the district's behalf. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract only after competitive...
• Texas Section 1121.151 - Budget
  (a) The board and the district administrator shall jointly prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete...
• Texas Section 1121.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1121.153 - Amendment Of Budget
  After the budget is adopted, the budget may be amended if the proposed amendment is adopted by the board. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1121.154 - 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 1121.155 - Annual Audit
  The board shall have an annual audit made of the financial condition of the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1121.156 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1121.157 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount...
• Texas Section 1121.158 - Short-term Financing
  The district may borrow money through short-term financing. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B. 2034), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2015.
• Texas Section 1121.159 - Debt Limitation
  Except as provided by this chapter and Chapter 1207, Government Code, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than revenue...
• Texas Section 1121.160 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money. (b) The board may solicit bids from local...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1121.161 - Restriction On Investment
  The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2015, 84th...
• Texas Section 1121.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the...
• Texas Section 1121.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1121.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax in an...
• Texas Section 1121.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the voters voting in an election held...
• Texas Section 1121.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for district purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 1121.205 - Maturity
  District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 141 (S.B....
• Texas Section 1121.206 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board chair shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...

SUBCHAPTER F AD VALOREM TAX

• Texas Section 1121.207 - Bonds Not Subject To Taxation
  The following are not subject to taxation by the state or by a political subdivision of the state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2)...
• Texas Section 1121.251 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to taxation by the district. (b) The tax may be used...
• Texas Section 1121.252 - Limitation On Tax Rate
  (a) The tax rate on all taxable property in the district for all purposes may not exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation of the...
• Texas Section 1121.253 - Reduction In Ad Valorem Tax Rate By County
  The Cameron County Commissioners Court, in determining the county ad valorem tax rate for the first year in which the district imposes ad valorem taxes...
• Texas Section 1121.254 - Residence Homestead Tax Provisions Applicable
  (a) The board shall ensure that all district residents receive all ad valorem tax exemptions and limitations that the residents are entitled to receive under...
• Texas Section 1121.255 - Prohibition On Participation In Tax Increment Fund
  The district may not enter into an agreement to participate in a reinvestment zone designated by a municipality or a county under Chapter 311, Tax...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 1121.256 - 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 1121.301 - Dissolution; Election
  (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) The...
• Texas Section 1121.302 - Notice Of Election
  (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1121.303 - Ballot
  The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Cameron County...
• Texas Section 1121.304 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall order that the district be dissolved. (b)...
• Texas Section 1121.305 - Transfer Or Administration Of Assets
  (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment,...
• Texas Section 1121.306 - Imposition Of Tax And Return Of Surplus Taxes
  (a) After the board determines that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on...
• Texas Section 1121.307 - Report; Dissolution Order
  (a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016