Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 283.122. ELECTION TO INCREASE TAX AMOUNT. (a) The tax rate approved in the creation of the district may be increased only if the increase is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district who vote in an election called and held for that purpose. (b) The commi…

Sec. 283.123. BALLOT PROPOSITION FOR TAX INCREASE. The ballot for a tax increase under this subchapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the hospital district tax from (the existing tax levy) to (the amount of existing tax plu…

Sec. 283.131. DISTRICT CONVERSION AUTHORITY. A hospital district created in accordance with Chapter 281 may be converted into a district subject to this chapter, or a district created in accordance with this chapter may be converted into a district subject to Chapter 281. Acts 19…

Sec. 283.132. CONVERSION ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) A district may be converted under this subchapter only if the conversion is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county in which the district is located who vote at an election called and held for that purpose. (b) …

Sec. 283.133. BALLOT PROPOSITIONS. (a) The ballot for the election held to determine the question of conversion of a district created under this chapter shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The conversion of the hospital district from a district…

Sec. 283.134. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONVERSION. If a majority of the qualified voters participating in the election vote in favor of the proposition, the conversion becomes effective on the 30th day after the date that the election results are declared. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,…

Sec. 283.135. EFFECT OF CONVERSION. (a) The district's identity is not affected by the conversion, and the district is liable for all outstanding debts and obligations assumed or incurred by the district. (b) Any bonds voted by a district originally created under Chapter 281 whic…

Sec. 283.136. LIMITATION ON FURTHER ELECTIONS. (a) If the proposition fails to carry at the conversion election, the district may not hold another election on the proposition for two years after the date of the election. (b) A district that has converted under this subchapter may…

Sec. 284.001. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE; FORM OF BONDS. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of at least 200,000 in which a hospital district has been created in accordance with Article IX of the Texas Constitution may issue revenue bonds to provide funds to: (1) ac…

Sec. 284.002. TERMS. (a) The bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after the date they are issued. (b) The bonds may be: (1) made redeemable before maturity; and (2) issued registrable as to principal or as to principal and interest. (c) The bonds shall b…

Sec. 284.003. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) The commissioners court shall submit the bonds and the proceedings authorizing their issuance to the attorney general for examination. If the attorney general finds that the bonds are authorized in accordance with law, the att…

Sec. 284.004. SECURITY. (a) The commissioners court may make bonds issued under this subchapter payable from and secured by a lien on or pledge of all or part of the hospital district revenue from operation or ownership of hospital facilities, except ad valorem taxes. (b) The com…

Sec. 284.005. SALE OF BONDS; USE OF PROCEEDS. (a) The bonds may be sold in the manner, at the price, and under the terms determined and provided by the commissioners court in the order authorizing the issuance of the bonds. (b) If permitted by the bond order, a required part of t…

Sec. 284.006. INVESTMENT OF BOND PROCEEDS. Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be invested until needed to the extent and in the manner provided by the bond order. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 284.007. LEGAL INVESTMENTS. The bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a trust company; (3) a savings and loan association; (4) an insurance company; (5) a small business investment corporation; (6) a fiduciary; (7) a trustee; (8) a guardian; or (9) …

Sec. 284.008. SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS. The bonds are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state or of a municipality, county, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for deposits to the extent of their…

Sec. 284.009. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUBSEQUENT BONDS. In the authorization of bonds under Section 284.001, the commissioners court may provide for the subsequent issuance of additional parity, subordinate lien, or other bonds, under the terms or conditions stated in the order author…

Sec. 284.010. REFUNDING BONDS AND REFINANCING. (a) Revenue bonds issued by the commissioners court under this subchapter or under any other statute of this state and payable from hospital facility revenue may be refunded or otherwise refinanced by the commissioners court. (b) The…

Sec. 284.011. TAXES TO PAY OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. (a) Ad valorem taxes of the hospital district shall be used to pay hospital facility operation and maintenance expenses to the extent that hospital facility revenue and income are not available at any time to pay all …

Sec. 284.012. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT GOVERNING BODY IN ABSENCE OF AD VALOREM TAX. If a hospital district created under Article IX of the Texas Constitution does not have ad valorem taxes levied on behalf of the district by the commissioners court of the county in which the hospita…

Sec. 284.013. ANNUAL BUDGET. (a) The commissioners court, board of hospital managers, or hospital district board of directors shall provide in each annual hospital district budget for the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses of the hospital district. (b) In preparing…

Sec. 284.014. AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES. (a) The commissioners court, board of hospital managers, or hospital district board of directors may fix and collect charges for the occupancy or use of hospital facilities and hospital services in the amount and manner det…

Sec. 284.015. USE OF OTHER LAW. A commissioners court may use other law not in conflict with this chapter to the extent convenient or necessary to carry out any power expressly or impliedly granted by this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHA…

Sec. 284.031. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE. (a) A hospital district created in accordance with Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution may issue revenue bonds to: (1) acquire, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes; and (2) acquire s…

Sec. 284.041. BOND ELECTIONS FOR REVENUE BONDS. (a) The commissioners court of a county authorized by law to issue revenue bonds on behalf of a hospital district in the county may, on its own motion, order an advisory election to determine whether a majority of the qualified vote…

Sec. 285.001. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 285.002. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a county having: (1) a population of: (A) at least 1.2 million; or (B) at least 830,000 and not more than 870,000; and (2) a countywide hospital district that: (A) has taxes imposed and collected by the co…

Sec. 285.003. AUTHORITY TO MAKE REVENUE ANTICIPATION AGREEMENT. (a) The commissioners court of the county may make a revenue anticipation agreement with a person, including a bank or other financial institution, on the determination by the commissioners court that the county hosp…

Sec. 285.004. TERMS. (a) Subject to this section, the parties to a revenue anticipation agreement determine its terms. (b) The term of the revenue anticipation agreement may not exceed two years. (c) An advance may not be made to a district under a revenue anticipation agreement …

Sec. 285.005. REFUNDING PROHIBITED; REPAYMENT REQUIRED. (a) An advance may not be refunded, refinanced, or extended. (b) When district revenues are received, the commissioners court shall apply them to the payment or prepayment of outstanding, unpaid advances under the revenue an…

Sec. 285.006. SECURITY; DEFAULT OF REPAYMENT. (a) An advance under a revenue anticipation agreement is secured by and payable from: (1) a pledge of and lien on district revenue from the operation and maintenance of its hospital facilities; or (2) tax revenues, when collected, imp…

Sec. 285.007. LIMITATION ON USE OF PROCEEDS; AUDIT. (a) An advance under a revenue anticipation agreement may be used only for the purposes authorized by this subchapter. (b) It is not a defense to repayment of advanced amounts that the funds are used for a purpose not authorized…

Sec. 285.008. BONDS. (a) In a revenue anticipation agreement, the commissioners court may promise to execute and deliver, concurrently with the making of advances under the agreement, interest-bearing bonds evidencing the county's and hospital district's obligation to repay the a…

Sec. 285.009. TAXES TO SECURE BONDS. (a) The commissioners court may pay and secure the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this subchapter with annual ad valorem taxes imposed by the hospital district as required by the bonds and any relevant revenue anticipation agr…

Sec. 285.021. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Bond order" means the order authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds. (2) "Parking station" means a lot, an area, or a surface or a subsurface structure for automotive vehicle parking. The term includes the equipment used in co…

Sec. 285.022. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, OPERATE, AND LEASE PARKING STATION. (a) A hospital district located in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million may construct, enlarge, furnish, equip, operate, or lease a parking station near a hospital in the district on…

Sec. 285.023. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS; SECURITY. (a) The commissioners court may issue revenue bonds on behalf of the hospital district to pay the costs to construct, enlarge, furnish, or equip the parking station. (b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pled…

Sec. 285.024. FORM AND EXECUTION OF BONDS. The bonds must: (1) be negotiable; (2) be signed by the county judge; (3) be countersigned by the county clerk; (4) be registered by the county treasurer; (5) have the seal of the commissioners court impressed or printed on the bonds; an…

Sec. 285.025. TERMS. (a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued. The bonds may: (1) be sold at a price and under terms that the commissioners court considers the most advantageous reasonably obtainable; an…

Sec. 285.026. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) The county must submit to the attorney general bonds issued under this subchapter and the record relating to the issuance of those bonds. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds were issued in accordance with this sub…

Sec. 285.027. OTHER BONDS. (a) Bonds constituting a junior lien on the net revenues may be issued unless prohibited by the bond order or the trust indenture. (b) Parity bonds may be issued under conditions specified in the bond order or trust indenture. (c) The county may issue b…

Sec. 285.028. USE OF PROCEEDS; INITIAL COSTS. An amount necessary for the payment of not more than two years' interest on the bonds and an amount estimated by the commissioners court to be required for operating expenses until the parking station becomes sufficiently operative ma…

Sec. 285.029. CHANGE FOR DISTRICT SERVICES. The hospital district shall charge sufficient rentals or rates for services rendered by the parking station to produce revenues sufficient to: (1) pay all expenses of owning, operating, and maintaining the parking station; (2) pay the p…

Sec. 285.030. PROCEDURES FOR STATION OPERATION. The bond order or trust indenture may prescribe procedures for the operation of the parking station. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHAPTER C. APPOINTMENT OF TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR IN HOSPITAL DIST…

Sec. 285.041. APPOINTMENT OF TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. A hospital district created under Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution may appoint a tax assessor and collector for the district. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHAPTER D. SALE, LE…

Sec. 285.051. AUTHORITY OF GOVERNING BODY. (a) The governing body of a hospital district by resolution may order the sale, lease, or closing of all or part of a hospital owned and operated by the hospital district, including real property. The resolution must include a finding by…