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TX Health & Safety Code § 265.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter C. Joint Hospital Controlled by Municipality or County|Section 265.023. Board of Managers of Hospital Controlled by Municipality

Sec. 265.023.  BOARD OF MANAGERS OF HOSPITAL CONTROLLED BY MUNICIPALITY.  If the municipality is designated to own and control the hospital, the governing body of the municipality may appoint the board of managers under its charter or as it considers appropriate.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter C. Joint Hospital Controlled by Municipality or County|Section 265.024. Terms

Sec. 265.024.  TERMS.  Members of the board of managers shall be appointed for staggered six-year terms, with one-third of the terms expiring every two years.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter C. Joint Hospital Controlled by Municipality or County|Section 265.025. Tax

Sec. 265.025.  TAX.  (a)  The commissioners court may authorize and levy a tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the county for construction of buildings or building additions, for other improvements or equipment, or for operation and maintenance of the hospital if the tax is approved by a majority vote at a county election.  Additional taxes may be authorized at subsequent elections if the total tax does not exceed the limit imposed by this subsection.(b)  The voters may approve a part of the tax to be used for the interest and sinking fund for outstanding bonds of the municipality or county issued for construction or maintenance of the hospital, whether issued before or after the ownership and control of the hospital are designated under this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.031. Creation of Board

Sec. 265.031.  CREATION OF BOARD.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county and the governing body of a municipality located in whole or in part in that county may adopt resolutions creating a joint county-municipal hospital board, without taxing power, designated the "____________ County-Municipality of ____________, Texas, Hospital Board."(b)  A board created under this section is a public agency and body politic.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.032. Appointment of Board

Sec. 265.032.  APPOINTMENT OF BOARD.  (a)  The board consists of seven directors.  A director may serve successive terms.(b)  The commissioners court shall appoint four directors in its resolution creating the board, and the municipal governing body shall appoint three directors in its resolution creating the board.(c)  Directors are appointed for staggered terms of two years.  However, in making the initial appointments to the board the commissioners court shall designate two of its appointees to serve two-year terms and two to serve one-year terms, and the governing body shall designate two of its appointees to serve two-year terms and one to serve a one-year term.(d)  The entity that makes an original appointment shall appoint a successor director on the expiration of a director's term or to fill, for the unexpired part of a term, a vacancy caused by death or resignation.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.033. Officers

Sec. 265.033.  OFFICERS.  (a)  The board shall elect a director as chairman.  The chairman shall preside at board meetings and perform other duties and functions prescribed by the board.  The chairman may vote in the same manner as any other director.(b)  The board shall elect a secretary, who is not required to be a director.  The secretary is the official custodian of the minutes, books, records, and seal of the board and shall perform other duties and functions prescribed by the board.(c)  The board may elect any other officer that the board considers necessary or advisable.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.034. Authority of Board

Sec. 265.034.  AUTHORITY OF BOARD.  (a)  The board shall act through resolutions adopted by the board.  The affirmative vote of four directors is required to adopt a resolution.(b)  The board is a joint agent of the county and the municipality for hospital purposes and shall act solely for the joint benefit of the county and the municipality.  However, the board shall act independently in the exercise of powers, duties, and functions under this subchapter.(c)  The board may appoint or employ any agent, employee, or official that the board considers necessary or advisable to carry out any power, duty, or function of the board.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.035. Suits

Sec. 265.035.  SUITS.  The board may sue and be sued in its own name, capacity, and behalf.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.036. Compensation

Sec. 265.036.  COMPENSATION.  A director may not receive compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of director to the extent authorized by the board.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.037. Hospital Facilities; Other Property

Sec. 265.037.  HOSPITAL FACILITIES;  OTHER PROPERTY.  (a)  The board may purchase, construct, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire hospital facilities and may improve, enlarge, furnish, equip, operate, and maintain those facilities.(b)  The county or the municipality may lease or convey title to, or any other interest in, all or part of the county's or municipality's hospital facilities, including real and personal property, to the board on terms agreed to by the county or municipality and the board.(c)  The board may own, receive, encumber, sell, lease, or convey any interest in real or personal property, including gifts and grants.  However, the board may not encumber, sell, lease, or convey real or personal property unless the commissioners court and the governing body of the municipality by resolution approve the transaction.(d)  A board existing in a county with a population of more than 100,000 and a municipality with a population of more than 75,000, as an exercise of its powers as a public agency and body politic, may purchase, construct, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire hospital facilities, including the sublease of one or more hospital facilities, regardless of whether the action might be considered anticompetitive under the antitrust laws of the United States or this state.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 909, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.038. Contracts for Hospital Services

Sec. 265.038.  CONTRACTS FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES.  The county or the municipality may contract with the board for the care and treatment of indigent or needy patients or for any other hospital services.  The county or the municipality may make payments to the board under the contract and may levy ad valorem taxes or pledge funds or resources for the payments.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.039. Funds

Sec. 265.039.  FUNDS.  (a)  The board may apply for, receive, and spend federal or state funds available for hospital purposes.(b)  The county or the municipality by resolution may authorize the board to apply for, receive, and spend federal or state funds available for county or municipal hospital purposes.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.040. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds

Sec. 265.040.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.  (a)  The board may issue revenue bonds to perform any power, duty, or function under this subchapter.  The issuance must be approved by resolution by the commissioners court and the municipal governing body.(b)  The board may prescribe procedures for the operation and maintenance of the hospital in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.041. Terms of Bonds

Sec. 265.041.  TERMS OF BONDS.  (a)  The revenue bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued.  The bonds may bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code, and may be made redeemable prior to maturity.(b)  The bonds and any appurtenant interest coupons are negotiable instruments.(c)  The bonds may be made registrable as to principal or as to principal and interest.(d)  The directors may determine, in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds:(1)  the form, denominations, and manner in which the bonds are issued; (2)  the terms and details under which the bonds are issued;  and(3)  the manner in which the bonds are executed.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.258, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.042. Pledge of Security

Sec. 265.042.  PLEDGE OF SECURITY.  (a)  The revenue bonds may be payable from, and secured by a pledge of, all or part of the revenues, income, or resources of the board or the board's hospital facilities.  Additionally, the bonds may be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on real or personal property, and the board may authorize the execution and delivery of trust indentures or other encumbrances to evidence the security.(b)  The bonds must contain substantially the following statement:  "The owner hereof shall never have the right to demand payment of this obligation from taxes levied by the hospital board."|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.043. Sale and Use of Proceeds

Sec. 265.043.  SALE AND USE OF PROCEEDS.  (a)  The revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale at a price and under terms determined by the directors.  The bonds may bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code.(b)  Proceeds from the sale of the bonds may be used, if the use is authorized in the proceedings authorizing issuance of the bonds, to:(1)  pay interest on the bonds during the construction of hospital facilities acquired through issuance of the bonds; (2)  pay operation and maintenance expense of the hospital facilities to the extent and for the time specified in the proceedings; (3)  create reserves for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds;  or(4)  invest, until needed, to the extent and in the manner provided in the bond resolution or a trust indenture executed in connection with the bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.259, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.044. Parity and Subordinate Lien Bonds

Sec. 265.044.  PARITY AND SUBORDINATE LIEN BONDS.  The directors may provide in the authorization of the revenue bonds for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds or subordinate lien bonds under terms set by the board in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.045. Notice; Petition for Election

Sec. 265.045.  NOTICE;  PETITION FOR ELECTION.  (a)  Before the directors authorize the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the directors shall prepare and publish a notice of:(1)  its intention to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds; (2)  the date it intends to adopt the resolution;  and(3)  the maximum amount and maximum maturity of the bonds.(b)  The notice must be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and the municipality. The first notice must be published not later than the 15th day before the date set for adopting the bond resolution.(c)  A petition requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the bonds may be presented to the hospital board secretary before the date set for adoption of the bond resolution.  The petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters residing in the county and in any part of the municipality that is not in the county.(d)  The directors shall order an election requested under Subsection (c) in the county and any part of the municipality that is not in the county.  The election shall be held substantially as provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code. The board may issue the bonds if the issuance is approved at the election.(e)  The bond resolution may be adopted on the date set for the adoption, or not later than the 30th day after that date, if no petition is filed, and the bonds may be issued and delivered without an election or the creation of an encumbrance.(f)  The directors may order an election on the issuance of the bonds on their own motion if they consider it advisable.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.260, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.046. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 265.046.  REFUNDING BONDS.  Any bonds issued under this subchapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in the manner provided by this subchapter for the issuance of other bonds, except the refunding bonds may be issued to be exchanged for the bonds being refunded.  If the refunding bonds are issued to be exchanged, the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds and deliver them to each holder of the bonds being refunded as provided by the proceedings authorizing the refunding bonds.  The exchange may be made in one delivery or several installment deliveries.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.047. Examination, Approval, and Registration of Bonds

Sec. 265.047.  EXAMINATION, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS.  (a)  The board shall submit to the attorney general for examination the bonds issued under this subchapter and the proceedings authorizing their issuance.(b)  The attorney general shall approve the bonds if the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with this subchapter, and the comptroller shall register the bonds.(c)  Following approval and registration, the bonds are incontestable and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.048. Legal Investments; Security for Deposits

Sec. 265.048.  LEGAL INVESTMENTS;  SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.  (a)  Bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for:(1)  a bank; (2)  a savings bank; (3)  a trust company; (4)  a savings and loan association; (5)  an insurance company; (6)  a fiduciary; (7)  a trustee; (8)  a guardian;  and(9)  an interest and sinking fund or other public fund of the state or of an agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the state, including a municipality, county, school district, special district, public agency, and body politic.(b)  The bonds are eligible and lawful security for the deposits of public funds of the state or of an agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the state, including a municipality, county, school district, special district, public agency, and body politic.  The bonds may secure those deposits in an amount up to the value of the bonds, if accompanied by all appurtenant unmatured interest coupons.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.049. Charges for Services and Facilities

Sec. 265.049.  CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND FACILITIES.  The board shall operate its hospital facilities for the use and benefit of the public, but shall establish and collect charges for services and facilities that are sufficient combined with other revenue and income to:(1)  pay all expenses related to ownership, operation, and maintenance of its hospital facilities; (2)  pay principal of and interest on its bonds;  and(3)  create and maintain reserves and any other funds provided for in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.050. Depository

Sec. 265.050.  DEPOSITORY.  The board may:(1)  select a depository in the same manner that a municipality or county may select a depository under Chapter 105 or Chapter 116, Local Government Code;  or(2)  execute a depository contract with a depository selected by the municipality or the county on the same terms as the municipality or county.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.051. Investment of Funds

Sec. 265.051.  INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.  (a)  The law relating to security for and investment of municipal or county funds applies to hospital board funds.  A bond resolution or trust indenture executed for hospital board bonds may further restrict the security for and investment of hospital board funds.(b)  The hospital board may invest, until needed, all or part of its bond proceeds in direct obligations of the United States to the extent authorized in the bond resolution or trust indenture.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 265.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals|Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards|Section 265.052. Eminent Domain

Sec. 265.052.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  The hospital board may acquire the fee simple title to or any other interest in land and other property by condemnation under Chapter 21, Property Code, to carry out any power, duty, or function under this subchapter.(b)  The board has the same rights as a county or municipality under Section 21.021, Property Code.(c)  The board shall determine the amount and character of the interest in land or other property to be acquired under this section.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|