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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1047.001. Definitions - Sec. 1047.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 1047.002. Authority for Creation; Judicial Notice - Sec. 1047.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION; JUDICIAL NOTICE. (a) The district...
Section 1047.003. Nature of District - Sec. 1047.003. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a governmental...
Section 1047.004. District Territory - Sec. 1047.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The boundaries of the district are...
Subchapter B. District Administration
Section 1047.051. Board Election; Term - Sec. 1047.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM. (a) The board consists of...
Section 1047.052. Qualifications for Office - Sec. 1047.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. A person may not be...
Section 1047.053. Oath; Bond; Record of Bond and Oath - Sec. 1047.053. OATH; BOND; RECORD OF BOND AND OATH. (a)...
Section 1047.054. Board Vacancy; Special Election - Sec. 1047.054. BOARD VACANCY; SPECIAL ELECTION. (a) If a vacancy...
Section 1047.055. Officers - Sec. 1047.055. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall elect from among...
Section 1047.056. Removal From Office - Sec. 1047.056. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. A director may be removed...
Section 1047.057. Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 1047.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. A director serves without compensation but...
Section 1047.058. Meetings - Sec. 1047.058. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall: (1) meet at...
Section 1047.059. Voting Requirement - Sec. 1047.059. VOTING REQUIREMENT. A concurrence of five directors is...
Section 1047.060. Maintenance of Records - Sec. 1047.060. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS. (a) The board shall: (1)...
Section 1047.061. Employees - Sec. 1047.061. EMPLOYEES. The board: (1) may employ a general...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 1047.101. General Powers - Sec. 1047.101. GENERAL POWERS. (a) The board has full management...
Section 1047.102. Hospital System - Sec. 1047.102. HOSPITAL SYSTEM. The district may contract for the...
Section 1047.103. Eminent Domain - Sec. 1047.103. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the...
Section 1047.104. Gifts and Endowments - Sec. 1047.104. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. The board may accept for...
Section 1047.105. Contract in Name of District - Sec. 1047.105. CONTRACT IN NAME OF DISTRICT. The district shall...
Section 1047.106. Construction Contracts - Sec. 1047.106. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) A contract for making and...
Section 1047.107. Authority to Sue and Be Sued - Sec. 1047.107. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. The district,...
Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions
Section 1047.151. Book of Accounts; Annual Audit - Sec. 1047.151. BOOK OF ACCOUNTS; ANNUAL AUDIT. (a) The board...
Section 1047.152. Depository - Sec. 1047.152. DEPOSITORY. The board shall select a depository for...
Section 1047.153. Purchasing Authority - Sec. 1047.153. PURCHASING AUTHORITY. The board may purchase all necessary...
Section 1047.154. Payment Vouchers - Sec. 1047.154. PAYMENT VOUCHERS. A voucher for the payment of...
Subchapter E. Bonds
Section 1047.201. Bonds - Sec. 1047.201. BONDS. The district may issue bonds to: (1)...
Section 1047.202. Cancellation of Bond - Sec. 1047.202. CANCELLATION OF BOND. (a) On the payment of...
Section 1047.203. Record of Bond Issuance - Sec. 1047.203. RECORD OF BOND ISSUANCE. (a) When bonds are...
Section 1047.204. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 1047.204. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The board may issue refunding...
Section 1047.205. Registration of Refunding Bonds - Sec. 1047.205. REGISTRATION OF REFUNDING BONDS. (a) After registration of...
Section 1047.206. Tax to Pay Refunding Bonds - Sec. 1047.206. TAX TO PAY REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Before refunding...
Section 1047.207. Bond Proceeds - Sec. 1047.207. BOND PROCEEDS. The directors shall promptly pay over...
Section 1047.208. Bond Election Expenses - Sec. 1047.208. BOND ELECTION EXPENSES. All expenses incident to holding...
Subchapter F. Taxes
Section 1047.251. Imposition of Ad Valorem Tax - Sec. 1047.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX. (a) The district...
Section 1047.252. Tax Rate - Sec. 1047.252. TAX RATE. The district may impose the tax...
Section 1047.253. Tax Assessor-Collector - Sec. 1047.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. The tax assessor-collector of Jasper County...
Subchapter G. Merger
Section 1047.301. Merger - Sec. 1047.301. MERGER. (a) If a countywide hospital district is...