Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 1038.206. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or (2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes. (b) The bonds must be payable from and secu…

Sec. 1038.207. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) Refunding bonds may be: (1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bonds applied to the payment of the outstan…

Sec. 1038.208. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valore…

Sec. 1038.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay: (1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds; (2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of acqui…

Sec. 1038.210. 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 and issuance of the bonds; and (3) profits made in the sale of the bonds. Added by Acts 200…

Sec. 1038.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX. (a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to pay: (1) indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and (2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the dist…

Sec. 1038.252. TAX RATE. (a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax. (b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in th…

Sec. 1038.253. 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 provided by the Tax Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.0…

Sec. 1038.301. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION. (a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose. (b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district'…

Sec. 1038.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district. (b) The first publication of the notice must app…

Sec. 1038.303. BALLOT. The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Hardeman County Hospital District." Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, …

Sec. 1038.304. ELECTION RESULTS. (a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved. (b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to admini…

Sec. 1038.305. TRANSFER OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS. (a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong to the district to Hardeman C…

Sec. 1038.306. SALE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. (a) The district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person. (b) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the dist…

Sec. 1038.307. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES. (a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) determine the debt owed by the district; and (2) impose on the property included in the district's tax rolls a tax that is in proportion of…

Sec. 1038.308. REPORT; DISSOLUTION ORDER. (a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the board shall file a written report with the Commissioners Court of Hardeman County summarizing…