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TX Health & Safety Code § 286.145 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.145. Refunding Bonds

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 may be sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of outstanding indebtedness or may be exchanged in whole or in part for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.  If the refunding bonds are to be sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of outstanding indebtedness, the refunding bonds must be issued and payments made in the manner provided by Subchapters A-C, Chapter 1207, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.265, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.146 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.146. Interest and Maturity

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. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.266, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.147 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.147. Execution of Bonds

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, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.266, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.148 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.148. Approval and Registration of Bonds

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 approval by the attorney general and registration by the comptroller, the bonds are incontestable for any cause.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.149 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.149. Bonds as Investments

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)  guardians;  and(9)  sinking funds of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state and other public funds of the state and its agencies, including the permanent school fund.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.150 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.150. Bonds as Security for Deposits

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 the extent of their value if accompanied by all unmatured coupons.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter G. Bonds|Section 286.151. Tax Status of Bonds

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 the state or by any municipality, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter H. Property Taxes|Section 286.161. Tax Authorized

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 property taxes in an amount not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the levy of taxes.(c)  The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.(d)  The taxes may be used to pay:(1)  the indebtedness issued or assumed by the district;  and(2)  the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.(e)  The district may not impose taxes to pay the principal of or interest on revenue bonds issued under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.162 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter H. Property Taxes|Section 286.162. Board Authority

Sec. 286.162.  BOARD AUTHORITY.  The board may impose taxes for the entire year in which the district is created.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.163 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter H. Property Taxes|Section 286.163. Adopting Tax Rate

Sec. 286.163.  ADOPTING TAX RATE.  In adopting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.164 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter H. Property Taxes|Section 286.164. Tax Assessment and Collection

Sec. 286.164.  TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.  (a)  The Tax Code governs the appraisal, assessment, and collection of district taxes.(b)  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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.171 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.171. Tax Authorized

Sec. 286.171.  TAX AUTHORIZED.  (a)  A majority of voters in a proposed district of which all or a majority of the territory is located in a county or counties each with a population of 75,000 or less may impose a sales and use tax if the imposition is authorized at the creation election under Subchapter B.(b)  An election to authorize the imposition of a sales and use tax under this subchapter may be held only in conjunction with a creation election under Subchapter B.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.172 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.172. Limitation on Combined Tax Rate; Effect on Elections

Sec. 286.172.  LIMITATION ON COMBINED TAX RATE;  EFFECT ON ELECTIONS.  An election to create a hospital district and to authorize the imposition of a sales and use tax under this subchapter, or an election to change the tax rate under Section 286.174, has no effect if as a result of the adoption of the sales and use tax or the change in the rate the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.173 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.173. Election in Other Taxing Authority

Sec. 286.173.  ELECTION IN OTHER TAXING AUTHORITY.  (a)  In this section, "taxing authority" means any entity authorized to impose a local sales and use tax.(b)  If a district or proposed district is included within the boundaries of another taxing authority and the adoption or increase of the tax under this subchapter would result in a combined tax rate by the district and other political subdivisions of this state of more than two percent at any location in the district, an election to approve or increase the tax under this subchapter has no effect unless:(1)  one or more of the other taxing authorities holds an election in accordance with the law governing that authority on the same date as the election under this chapter to reduce the tax rate of that authority to a rate that will result in a combined tax rate by the district and other political subdivisions of not more than two percent at any location in the district;  and(2)  the combined tax rate is reduced to not more than two percent as a result of that election.(c)  This section does not permit a taxing authority to impose taxes at differential tax rates within the territory of the authority.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.174 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.174. Tax Rate; Change in Rate

Sec. 286.174.  TAX RATE;  CHANGE IN RATE.  (a)  A district may impose the tax in increments of one-eighth of one percent, with a minimum rate of one-eighth of one percent and a maximum rate of two percent.(b)  Subject to Section 286.172, a district may increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of two percent or decrease the rate of the tax to a minimum of one-eighth of one percent if the change is approved by a majority of the voters of the district at an election called for that purpose.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.175 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.175. Use of Tax

Sec. 286.175.  USE OF TAX.  The taxes imposed may be used to pay:(1)  the indebtedness issued or assumed by the district;  and(2)  the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.176 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.176. Effective Date

Sec. 286.176.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  (a)  The adoption or abolition of the tax or a change in the rate of the tax takes effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter occurring after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date the comptroller receives a notice of the results of the election.(b)  If the comptroller determines that an effective date provided by Subsection (a) will occur before the comptroller can reasonably take the action required to begin collecting the tax or to implement the abolition of the tax or the change in the rate of the tax, the effective date may be extended by the comptroller until the first day of the next calendar quarter. |Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.177 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter I. Sales and Use Taxes for Districts in Small Counties|Section 286.177. County Sales and Use Tax Act Applicable

Sec. 286.177.  COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX ACT APPLICABLE.  Except to the extent that a provision of this chapter applies, Chapter 323, Tax Code, applies to the tax authorized by this chapter in the same manner as that chapter applies to the tax authorized by that chapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 286.951 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 286 - Hospital Districts Created by Voter Approval|Subchapter X. Miscellaneous|Section 286.951. Limitation on State Assistance

Sec. 286.951.  LIMITATION ON STATE ASSISTANCE.  The state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of a hospital district created under this chapter, and the legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a facility of the district.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Renumbered from Sec. 286.181 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1290, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 287.001. Definitions

Sec. 287.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of a district.(2)  "District" means a health services district created under this chapter.(3)  "Director" means a member of the board.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 287.002. District Authorization

Sec. 287.002.  DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION.  A health services district may be created and established and, if created, must be maintained, operated, and financed in the manner provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District|Section 287.021. Creation by Concurrent Orders

Sec. 287.021.  CREATION BY CONCURRENT ORDERS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county or hospital district and one or more other counties or hospital districts may create a health services district by adopting concurrent orders.(b)  A county or portion of a county that is in the boundaries of a hospital district may not be a party to the creation of a health services district or to a contract with a health services district.  The hospital district that serves the county or portion of the county may create and contract with the health services district for the boundaries of the hospital district.(c)  A concurrent order to create a health services district must:(1)  be approved by the governing body of each creating county and hospital district;(2)  contain identical provisions;  and(3)  define the boundaries of the district to be coextensive with the combined boundaries of each creating county and hospital district.(d)  A concurrent order to create a health services district adopted by a hospital district for which the tax rate is set by the commissioners court of the county in which the hospital district operates must be approved by the commissioners court of that county.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District|Section 287.022. Contract Terms

Sec. 287.022.  CONTRACT TERMS.  (a)  A county or hospital district that creates a district under this chapter shall contract with the district to provide, at a minimum, the health care services the county or hospital district is required to provide by law or under the constitution.  A contract with a county or hospital district that created the health services district under this chapter must:(1)  state the term of the contract, not to exceed six years;(2)  specify the purpose, terms, rights, and duties of the district, as authorized by this chapter;(3)  specify the financial contributions to be made by each party to the contract to fund the district, as described by Section 287.024;  and(4)  specify the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets owned by a party to the contract that the district will be required to manage and operate.(b)  Chapter 791, Government Code, does not apply to a contract made under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District|Section 287.023. Purpose and Duties

Sec. 287.023.  PURPOSE AND DUTIES.  (a)  A health services district shall:(1)  provide health care services to indigent residents of the district;(2)  manage the funds contributed to the district by each county or hospital district that contracts with the district;  and(3)  plan and coordinate with public and private health care providers and entities for the long-term provision of health care services to residents of the district.(b)  A health services district may:(1)  provide health care services on a sliding-fee scale to residents of the district who do not meet the basic income and resources requirements established under Sections 61.006 and 61.008 to be eligible for assistance under Chapter 61 but who are unable to pay for the full cost of health care services;  and(2)  assume responsibility for management and operation of the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that are acquired by the district or for which the district agrees to assume responsibility under the terms of the contract.(c)  A health services district may not:(1)  establish, conduct, or maintain an institution as defined by Section 242.002;  or(2)  establish or operate a personal care facility as defined by Section 247.002.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District|Section 287.024. Funding

Sec. 287.024.  FUNDING.  (a)  Each county or hospital district that contracts with the district shall contribute to the district for its operation:(1)  a specified dollar amount from or a percentage of the contracting entity's operating budget and reserves if the contracting entity is a hospital district;(2)  a specified percentage, not less than the percentage required under Section 61.037 for state assistance, of the contracting entity's general revenue levy for each state fiscal year for the term of the contract, if the contracting entity is a county;(3)  state assistance received under Chapter 61;(4)  federal matching funds received by a hospital district under the Medicaid disproportionate share program;  and(5)  any funds that are:(A)  received under the Agreement Regarding Disposition of Settlement Proceeds dated July 18, 1998, or July 24, 1998, and filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Company, et al., No. 5-96CV-91;  and(B)  received on or after the date on which the district is created and before the district is dissolved.(b)  The district shall maintain an accounting of the funds received from each county or hospital district that contracts with the district.(c)  The district may administer the financial contributions of all parties to the contract for district purposes.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 287.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts|Subchapter C. District Administration|Section 287.041. Board of Directors

Sec. 287.041.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  A county or hospital district that creates the district and has a population of 125,000 or more shall appoint one director to the board for every 125,000 persons in the population of the county or hospital district, rounded to the nearest 125,000.(b)  A county or hospital district that creates the district and has a population of less than 125,000 may appoint one director to the board.(c)  The county judges of a county that creates the district shall appoint the directors to the board on behalf of the county.  The board of directors of a hospital district that creates the district shall appoint the directors to the board on behalf of the hospital district.(d)  Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with as near as possible to one-half of the directors' terms expiring each year.(e)  The number of directors appointed to the board by each county or hospital district that creates the district is determined at the time of the initial appointment of directors under this section and does not vary with subsequent variations in the population of the county or hospital district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|