Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 1058.005. CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICT AND RANKIN COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. (a) The McCamey County Hospital District may be consolidated into the Rankin County Hospital District as provided by this section. (b) On the request of 25 percent or more of the qualified taxpaying vot…

Sec. 1058.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM. (a) The board consists of five directors elected by the district voters. (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of two or three directors expiring each odd-numbered year as appropriate. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.…

Sec. 1058.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice of an election of directors must be published in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Upton County. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013. …

Sec. 1058.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) To qualify for election to the board, a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of age; (2) have been a resident of the district for at least two years; and (3) be a qualified voter of the district. (b) An elective or appointed officer …

Sec. 1058.054. BOND; RECORD OF BOND AND OATH. (a) Each director shall qualify by executing a good and sufficient commercial bond for $1,000 that is: (1) payable to the district; and (2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The district shall pay f…

Sec. 1058.055. BOARD VACANCY. (a) The remaining directors by appointment shall fill a vacancy in the office of director. (b) An appointed replacement serves until the next election for directors. An elected director serves only for the remainder of the unexpired term. Added by Ac…

Sec. 1058.056. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall elect a presiding officer. (b) A presiding officer pro tem shall preside in the absence of the presiding officer. (c) The district administrator or any director may be appointed secretary. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S…

Sec. 1058.057. VOTING REQUIREMENT. A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.058. RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) The board shall require the board secretary to keep suitable records of all proceedings of each board meeting. (b) After each meeting: (1) the member presiding at the meeting shall read and sign the record; and (2) the board secretary sh…

Sec. 1058.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The board shall appoint a qualified person to serve as the district administrator. (b) The district administrator may not be a director. (c) The district administrator receives the compensation determined by the board. (d) The district a…

Sec. 1058.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) perform the duties required by the board; (2) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (3) direct the affairs of the di…

Sec. 1058.061. ASSISTANT TO DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The board may designate an assistant to the district administrator to discharge a duty or function of the administrator in the event of the administrator's incapacity, absence, or inability to discharge the duty or function.…

Sec. 1058.062. LEGAL COUNSEL. The board may employ legal counsel to represent the district in all legal matters. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.063. RETIREMENT PROGRAM. (a) With the approval of the commissioners court of Upton County, the board may contract with this state or the federal government as necessary to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of district employees. (b) The board ma…

Sec. 1058.064. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION. All district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities shall be: (1) maintained at the district office; and (2) open to public inspe…

Sec. 1058.065. SEAL. The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the board's acts. The board secretary shall keep the seal. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 1058.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY. The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.102. RESTRICTION ON COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL TAXATION. Any part of a county or a municipality, any part of which is in the district, may not impose a tax for hospital purposes. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.103. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF DISTRICT. The management and control of the district is vested in the board. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.104. 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, real, personal, or mixed, located in district territory if the interest is necessary or convenient to exercise a right, powe…

Sec. 1058.105. 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 under any directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsisten…

Sec. 1058.106. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) The board, on behalf of the district, may enter into a construction contract that exceeds the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after advertising in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Go…

Sec. 1058.107. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT. With the approval of the commissioners court of Upton County, the board may contract with: (1) a county other than Upton County for the care and treatment of sick or injured persons of that county; and (2…

Sec. 1058.108. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES. (a) When a patient from the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: (1) the patient; and (2) the patient's relatives legally liable for the pati…

Sec. 1058.109. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013. SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL P…

Sec. 1058.151. BUDGET. The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes: (1) proposed expenditures and disbursements; (2) estimated receipts and collections; and (3) the amount of taxes required to be imposed for the year. Added by A…

Sec. 1058.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. (b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in Upton County not later than the 10th day before the date of the…

Sec. 1058.153. FISCAL YEAR. (a) The district's fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30, unless otherwise established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period that revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or (2) more than onc…

Sec. 1058.154. ANNUAL AUDIT. (a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records for the preceding fiscal year. (b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the audit shall be filed: (1) with the county clerk of Upton County; and (2) at…

Sec. 1058.155. FINANCIAL REPORT. (a) The board and the district administrator shall annually prepare a report under oath that includes: (1) a complete statement of: (A) all money and choses in action; and (B) how the money and choses in action were disbursed or otherwise disposed…

Sec. 1058.156. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall designate one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money. (b) All district money, other than money invested in accordance with Chapter 2256, Government Code, and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obli…

Sec. 1058.201. 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 to the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or improvements and equip…

Sec. 1058.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. (a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued under Section 1058.201 as the bonds mature. (b) The…

Sec. 1058.203. 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 held for that purpose. (b) The board may order a bond election on its own motion. (c) T…

Sec. 1058.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. (a) The board's presiding officer shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff.…

Sec. 1058.206. 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 sites to be used for hospital purposes. (b) The bonds must be payable from and sec…

Sec. 1058.207. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) A refunding bond may be: (1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the indebtedness to be refunded; …

Sec. 1058.208. 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. 1058.209. 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. 1058.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX. (a) On final approval of the budget, the board shall impose a tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation. (b) The board shall impose the tax to: (1) pay the interest on and create a sinking fund for bonds …

Sec. 1058.252. TAX RATE. The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.

Sec. 1058.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. The board may: (1) appoint a tax assessor-collector for the district; or (2) contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2…

Sec. 1058.301. 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. 1058.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district. (b) The first publication …

Sec. 1058.303. BALLOT. The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the McCamey County Hospital District." Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 1969), Sec. 12, eff. June 14, 201…