Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 286.055. GENERAL DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the general affairs of the district, subject to the limitations prescribed by the board. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, …

Sec. 286.056. RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The board may provide retirement benefits for employees of the district by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) electing to participate in the Texas County and District Retirement System or in any other statewide retir…

Sec. 286.071. RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. On creation of a district, a county, municipality, or other governmental entity in which the district is located shall convey or transfer to the district: (1) title to land, buildings, improvements, and equipment related to the…

Sec. 286.072. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. On or after creation of the district, a county, municipality, or other governmental entity in which the district is located may not levy taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or for providing medical care …

Sec. 286.073. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) On creation of a district, the district: (1) assumes full responsibility for operating hospital facilities and for furnishing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants; (2) assumes any outstanding indebtedness incu…

Sec. 286.074. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION. The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the funds and resources of the district. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.075. DISTRICT RULES. The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital and hospital system and the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.076. METHODS AND 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 district. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.077. HOSPITAL PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to establish and maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of equipment necessary for hospital care. (b) The board may:…

Sec. 286.078. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a public work contract as authorized under Chapter 2269, Government Code. (c) Chapter 2253, Government Code, as it relates to performance and p…

Sec. 286.079. DISTRICT OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS. The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital facilities. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.080. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) A district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in the territory of the district if the property interest is necessary to the exercise of the rights or authority conferred by this …

Sec. 286.081. EXPENSES FOR MOVING FACILITIES OF RAILROADS OR UTILITIES. If, in exercising the power of eminent domain, the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad, highway, pipeline, or electric tra…

Sec. 286.082. INDIGENT CARE. (a) The district without charge shall supply to a patient residing in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay. (b) Not later than the first day o…

Sec. 286.083. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES. (a) 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, municipa…

Sec. 286.084. SERVICE CONTRACTS. The board may contract with a municipality, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or (2) provide for the investi…

Sec. 286.085. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. On behalf of the district, the board may accept gifts and endowments to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or provision prescribed in writing by the donor that is consistent with the proper management of the d…

Sec. 286.086. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. SUBCHAPTER E. CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES OR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT

Sec. 286.101. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) Registered voters of a defined territory that is not included in a district may file a petition with the secretary of the board requesting the inclusion of the territory in the district. The petition must be signed by at least 50…

Sec. 286.102. DISSOLUTION. (a) A district may be dissolved as provided by this section. (b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations. The board shall order an election if the board receives a…

Sec. 286.103. TRANSFER OF ASSETS AFTER DISSOLUTION. (a) If a majority of the votes in the election favor dissolution, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong to the district to a county or another governmental entit…

Sec. 286.104. ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY, DEBTS, AND ASSETS AFTER DISSOLUTION. (a) If the district does not transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets to a county or another governmental entity in the district, the board shall continue to control and …

Sec. 286.105. RETURN OF SURPLUS PROPERTY TAX MONEY. (a) When all outstanding debts and obligations of the district are paid, the board shall order the secretary to return the pro rata share of all unused property tax money to each district taxpayer. (b) A taxpayer may request tha…

Sec. 286.106. REPORT; DISSOLUTION ORDER. (a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its assets and funds as prescribed by Sections 286.104 and 286.105, the board shall file a written report with the commissioners court of each county in which the distri…

Sec. 286.121. FISCAL YEAR. (a) The district operates on the fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed if revenue bonds of the district are outstanding or more than once in a 24-month period. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. …

Sec. 286.122. ANNUAL AUDIT. The board annually shall have an audit made of the financial condition of the district. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.123. DISTRICT AUDIT AND 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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.124. ANNUAL BUDGET. (a) The administrator of the district shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a statement of: (1) the outstanding obligations of the district; (2) the amou…

Sec. 286.125. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the h…

Sec. 286.126. AMENDING BUDGET. After adoption, the annual budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.127. LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURES. Money may not be spent for an expense not included in the annual budget or an amendment to it. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 286.128. SWORN STATEMENT. As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount of money that belongs to the district and an account of the disbursements of that money. Added by Acts 1991, 72n…

Sec. 286.129. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Sections 286.078(a), 286.141, 286.144, and 286.145, and Chapter 315, the district may not incur a debt payable from revenues of the district other than the revenues on hand or to be on hand in the curren…

Sec. 286.130. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall name at least one bank to serve as depository for district funds. (b) District funds, other than those invested as provided by Section 286.129(b) and those transmitted to a bank of payment for bonds or obligations issued or assumed by…

Sec. 286.141. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. The board may issue and sell bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the hospital district to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements; (2) equip buildings or improv…

Sec. 286.142. TAXES TO PAY BONDS. (a) At the time the bonds are issued by the district, the board shall levy a tax. (b) The tax must be sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature. (c) In any year, the tax tog…

Sec. 286.143. BOND ELECTION. (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose under this section or under Subchapter B. (b) The board m…

Sec. 286.144. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; (2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes; or (3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency m…

Sec. 286.145. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Refunding bonds of the district may be issued to refund an outstanding indebtedness the district has issued or assumed. (b) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 1207, Government Code. (c) The refunding bonds m…

Sec. 286.146. INTEREST AND MATURITY. District bonds must mature not later than the 50th anniversary of the date of their issuance and must bear interest at a rate not to exceed that provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. S…

Sec. 286.147. EXECUTION OF BONDS. The president of the board shall execute the bonds in the name of the district, and the secretary of the board shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, ef…

Sec. 286.148. 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 counties. (b) On appr…

Sec. 286.149. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS. District bonds and indebtedness assumed by the district are legal and authorized investments for: (1) banks; (2) savings banks; (3) trust companies; (4) savings and loan associations; (5) insurance companies; (6) fiduciaries; (7) trustees; (8) …

Sec. 286.150. BONDS AS SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS. District bonds are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state. The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for deposits to…

Sec. 286.151. TAX STATUS OF BONDS. Because the district created under this chapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to the bonds, and profits made in the sale of the bonds are free from taxation by …

Sec. 286.161. TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) A majority of voters in a district or proposed district may, at the creation election under Subchapter B or in conjunction with any other district election, authorize the district to impose a property tax. (b) The board annually may impose proper…