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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1009.001. Definitions - Sec. 1009.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 1009.002. Authority for Creation - Sec. 1009.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION. The Cochran Memorial Hospital District...
Section 1009.003. Essential Public Function - Sec. 1009.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION. The district performs an essential...
Section 1009.004. District Territory - Sec. 1009.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The boundaries of the district are...
Section 1009.005. District Support and Maintenance Not State Obligation - Sec. 1009.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION. The...
Section 1009.006. Restriction on State Financial Assistance - Sec. 1009.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. The legislature may...
Subchapter B. District Administration
Section 1009.051. Board; Election - Sec. 1009.051. BOARD; ELECTION. (a) The board consists of five...
Section 1009.052. Term - Sec. 1009.052. TERM. Directors serve staggered two-year terms unless a...
Section 1009.053. Notice of Election - Sec. 1009.053. NOTICE OF ELECTION. At least 10 days before...
Section 1009.054. Ballot Petition - Sec. 1009.054. BALLOT PETITION. (a) A person who wants to...
Section 1009.055. Qualifications for Office - Sec. 1009.055. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. To qualify for election to...
Section 1009.056. Filing of Oath - Sec. 1009.056. FILING OF OATH. The constitutional oath of office...
Section 1009.057. Board Vacancy - Sec. 1009.057. BOARD VACANCY. (a) If a vacancy occurs in...
Section 1009.058. Officers - Sec. 1009.058. OFFICERS. The board shall elect from among its...
Section 1009.059. Compensation - Sec. 1009.059. COMPENSATION. A director is entitled to compensation at...
Section 1009.060. Voting Requirement - Sec. 1009.060. VOTING REQUIREMENT. A concurrence of three directors is...
Section 1009.061. Maintenance of Records; Public Inspection - Sec. 1009.061. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION. (a) The board...
Section 1009.062. District Administrator; Assistant Administrator - Sec. 1009.062. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The board shall...
Section 1009.063. General Duties of District Administrator - Sec. 1009.063. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to the...
Section 1009.064. Employees - Sec. 1009.064. EMPLOYEES. The board may employ nurses, technicians, and...
Section 1009.065. Retirement Program - Sec. 1009.065. RETIREMENT PROGRAM. The board may enter into a...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 1009.101. District Responsibility - Sec. 1009.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY. The district has full responsibility for:...
Section 1009.102. Restriction on Political Subdivision Taxation and Debt - Sec. 1009.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT. Cochran...
Section 1009.103. Management, Control, and Administration - Sec. 1009.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION. The board shall manage,...
Section 1009.104. Hospital System - Sec. 1009.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM. The district shall provide for the...
Section 1009.105. Rules - Sec. 1009.105. RULES. The board may adopt rules for the...
Section 1009.106. Purchasing and Accounting Procedures - Sec. 1009.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES. The board may prescribe:...
Section 1009.107. Rates and Charges - Sec. 1009.107. RATES AND CHARGES. The board shall establish the...
Section 1009.108. Hospital Lease - Sec. 1009.108. HOSPITAL LEASE. The board may lease a district...
Section 1009.109. Eminent Domain - Sec. 1009.109. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the...
Section 1009.110. Gifts and Endowments - Sec. 1009.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. The board may accept on...
Section 1009.111. Contracts for Services to Certain Persons - Sec. 1009.111. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES TO CERTAIN PERSONS. (a) The...
Section 1009.112. Payment for Treatment; Procedures - Sec. 1009.112. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES. (a) When an indigent...
Section 1009.113. Authority to Sue and Be Sued - Sec. 1009.113. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. The district,...
Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions
Section 1009.151. Budget; Notice of Hearing - Sec. 1009.151. BUDGET; NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The district administrator...
Section 1009.152. Fiscal Year - Sec. 1009.152. FISCAL YEAR. The district operates on a fiscal...
Section 1009.153. Annual Audit - Sec. 1009.153. ANNUAL AUDIT. (a) The district annually shall have...
Section 1009.154. Financial Report - Sec. 1009.154. FINANCIAL REPORT. As soon as practicable after the...
Section 1009.155. Depository - Sec. 1009.155. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall select one or...
Subchapter E. Bonds
Section 1009.201. General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 1009.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. The board may issue and...
Section 1009.202. Tax to Pay General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 1009.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. (a) At...
Section 1009.203. General Obligation Bond Election - Sec. 1009.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION. (a) The district may...
Section 1009.204. Execution of General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 1009.204. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. (a) The board...
Section 1009.205. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 1009.205. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The board may, without an...
Section 1009.206. Bonds Exempt From Taxation - Sec. 1009.206. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. The following are exempt...
Subchapter F. Taxes
Section 1009.251. Imposition of Ad Valorem Tax - Sec. 1009.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX. The board shall...
Section 1009.252. Tax Assessor-Collector - Sec. 1009.252. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. (a) The tax assessor-collector of Cochran...