Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 281.061. NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; BROKER AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) In this section: (1) "Broker" means a person licensed as a broker under Chapter 1101, Occupations Code. (2) "District" means the Nueces County Hospital District. (3) "Fair mar…

Sec. 281.071. PAYMENT AND SUPPORT. (a) The administrator shall inquire into a patient's circumstances and the circumstances of the patient's relatives legally responsible for the patient's support if the patient is admitted to district facilities from the county in which the hosp…

Sec. 281.072. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES. The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person of that county, municipality…

Sec. 281.073. DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT RECORDS. (a) The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of a district is subject to Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code. (b) The period that medical records are retained shall be in accordance with…

Sec. 281.091. BUDGET. (a) The administrator shall prepare an annual budget under the board's direction. (b) The budget and budget revisions must be approved by the board and then shall be presented to the commissioners court for final approval. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec.…

Sec. 281.092. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. (a) As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall make a report to the board, commissioners court, executive commissioner, and comptroller. (b) The report must: (1) consist of a sworn statement of all mone…

Sec. 281.093. DEPOSITORY. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the appointment of the board, the board shall: (1) select a depository for district funds in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository; or (2) elect to use the depository previously selected…

Sec. 281.094. USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS BY THE NUECES COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. (a) With the approval of the Nueces County Commissioners Court, the board of the Nueces County Hospital District may use funds made available to the district from sources other than a tax levy to fund heal…

Sec. 281.095. PROHIBITION AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING BY CERTAIN HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "district" means Bexar County Hospital District, Nueces County Hospital District, El Paso County Hospital District, or Harris County Hospital District. (…

Sec. 281.096. AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTIONS RELATING TO AD VALOREM TAXES. (a) With respect to the imposition or collection of an ad valorem tax imposed for the benefit of a hospital district, the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located has the authority ass…

Sec. 281.101. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. The commissioners court, in the district's name and on the district's faith and credit, may issue and sell bonds to acquire, construct, equip, or enlarge the hospital or hospital system. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, …

Sec. 281.102. BOND ELECTION. (a) The district may not issue bonds, excluding refunding bonds, unless the bonds are authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose. (b) The commissioners court may order a bond…

Sec. 281.103. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Refunding bonds of the district may be issued to refund and pay any outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district, including assumed bonded indebtedness. (b) The refunding bonds must be issued in the manner provided for other bonds of the dist…

Sec. 281.104. EXECUTION OF BONDS. The county judge of the county in which the district is created shall execute the bonds in the name of the district, and the county clerk shall countersign the bonds. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 281.105. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) District bonds are subject to the same requirements with regard to approval by the attorney general and registration by the comptroller as the law provides for approval and registration of bonds issued by the county. (b) The a…

Sec. 281.106. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. With the approval of the commissioners court, the board may issue certificates of obligation in accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, for district purposes as authorized by this chapter. Adde…

Sec. 281.107. ALTERNATIVE FINANCING AND ELECTION PROCEDURES. (a) This section is applicable to any hospital district that was created pursuant to the authority granted by Section 4, Article IX, Texas Constitution, is operating under this chapter, and has previously held an electi…

Sec. 281.121. TAXES TO PAY BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION; TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION. (a) When the district issues bonds or certificates of obligation payable from and secured by taxes under this chapter, the commissioners court shall impose a tax for the benefit of the…

Sec. 281.122. REDUCTION IN AD VALOREM TAX RATE BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. (a) This section applies only to a district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003. (b) The commi…

Sec. 281.124. ELECTION TO APPROVE TAX RATE IN EXCESS OF VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE. (a) This section applies only to a district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003. (b)…