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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 287.001. Definitions - Sec. 287.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 287.002. District Authorization - Sec. 287.002. DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION. A health services district may be...
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 287.021. Creation by Concurrent Orders - Sec. 287.021. CREATION BY CONCURRENT ORDERS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 287.022. Contract Terms - Sec. 287.022. CONTRACT TERMS. (a) A county or hospital district...
Section 287.023. Purpose and Duties - Sec. 287.023. PURPOSE AND DUTIES. (a) A health services district...
Section 287.024. Funding - Sec. 287.024. FUNDING. (a) Each county or hospital district that...
Subchapter C. District Administration
Section 287.041. Board of Directors - Sec. 287.041. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) A county or hospital...
Section 287.042. Qualifications for Office - Sec. 287.042. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) To be eligible to...
Section 287.043. Bond - Sec. 287.043. BOND. (a) Before assuming the duties of the...
Section 287.044. Board Vacancy - Sec. 287.044. BOARD VACANCY. A vacancy in the office of...
Section 287.045. Officers - Sec. 287.045. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall elect from among...
Section 287.046. Officers' Terms; Vacancy - Sec. 287.046. OFFICERS' TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Each officer of the...
Section 287.047. Compensation - Sec. 287.047. COMPENSATION. (a) Directors and officers serve without compensation...
Section 287.048. Voting Requirement - Sec. 287.048. VOTING REQUIREMENT. A majority of the members of...
Section 287.049. Administrator and Additional Staff - Sec. 287.049. ADMINISTRATOR AND ADDITIONAL STAFF. (a) The board may...
Section 287.050. Appointments to Staff - Sec. 287.050. APPOINTMENTS TO STAFF. The board may: (1) appoint...
Section 287.051. Technicians, Nurses, and Other District Employees - Sec. 287.051. TECHNICIANS, NURSES, AND OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. (a) The...
Section 287.052. General Duties of Administrator - Sec. 287.052. GENERAL DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator shall: (1)...
Section 287.053. Retirement Benefits - Sec. 287.053. RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The board may provide retirement benefits...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 287.071. Responsibility of Governmental Entity - Sec. 287.071. RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. On creation of a...
Section 287.072. District Responsibilities - Sec. 287.072. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES. On creation of a district, the...
Section 287.073. Management, Control, and Administration - Sec. 287.073. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION. The board shall manage,...
Section 287.074. District Rules - Sec. 287.074. DISTRICT RULES. The board may adopt rules governing...
Section 287.075. Methods and Procedures - Sec. 287.075. METHODS AND PROCEDURES. The board may prescribe: (1)...
Section 287.076. Health Care Property, Facilities, and Equipment - Sec. 287.076. HEALTH CARE PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. (a) The...
Section 287.077. Construction Contracts - Sec. 287.077. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) The board may enter into...
Section 287.078. District Contracts and Collaborations - Sec. 287.078. DISTRICT CONTRACTS AND COLLABORATIONS. (a) The board may...
Section 287.079. Payment for Health Care Services - Sec. 287.079. PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) The district...
Section 287.080. Reimbursement for Services - Sec. 287.080. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES. (a) The board shall require...
Section 287.081. Service Contracts - Sec. 287.081. SERVICE CONTRACTS. The board may contract with a...
Section 287.082. Gifts and Endowments - Sec. 287.082. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. On behalf of the district,...
Section 287.083. Authority to Sue and Be Sued - Sec. 287.083. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. The board...
Subchapter E. Dissolution of District
Section 287.101. Dissolution - Sec. 287.101. DISSOLUTION. (a) A district shall be dissolved if:...
Section 287.102. Transfer of Assets After Dissolution - Sec. 287.102. TRANSFER OF ASSETS AFTER DISSOLUTION. (a) If the...
Section 287.103. Administration of Property, Debts, and Assets After Dissolution - Sec. 287.103. ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY, DEBTS, AND ASSETS AFTER DISSOLUTION....
Section 287.104. Accounting - Sec. 287.104. ACCOUNTING. After the district has paid all its...
Subchapter F. District Finances
Section 287.121. Fiscal Year - Sec. 287.121. FISCAL YEAR. (a) The district operates on the...
Section 287.122. Annual Audit - Sec. 287.122. ANNUAL AUDIT. (a) The board annually shall have...
Section 287.123. District Audit and Records - Sec. 287.123. DISTRICT AUDIT AND RECORDS. The annual audit and...
Section 287.124. Annual Budget - Sec. 287.124. ANNUAL BUDGET. (a) The administrator of the district...
Section 287.125. Notice; Hearing; Adoption of Budget - Sec. 287.125. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET. (a) The board...
Section 287.127. Limitation of Expenditures - Sec. 287.127. LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURES. Money may not be spent...
Section 287.128. Sworn Statement - Sec. 287.128. SWORN STATEMENT. As soon as practicable after the...
Section 287.129. Spending and Investment Limitations - Sec. 287.129. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS. (a) Except for construction...
Section 287.130. Depository - Sec. 287.130. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall name at least...
Section 287.131. Ad Valorem Taxation - Sec. 287.131. AD VALOREM TAXATION. A district may not impose...
Subchapter G. Bonds
Section 287.141. General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 287.141. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. A district may not issue...
Section 287.142. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 287.142. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The board may issue revenue...
Section 287.143. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 287.143. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Refunding bonds of the district...
Section 287.144. Interest and Maturity - Sec. 287.144. INTEREST AND MATURITY. District bonds must mature not...
Section 287.145. Execution of Bonds - Sec. 287.145. EXECUTION OF BONDS. The president of the board...
Section 287.146. Approval and Registration of Bonds - Sec. 287.146. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) District bonds...
Section 287.147. Bonds as Investments - Sec. 287.147. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS. District bonds and indebtedness assumed...
Section 287.148. Bonds as Security for Deposits - Sec. 287.148. BONDS AS SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS. District bonds are...
Section 287.149. Tax Status of Bonds - Sec. 287.149. TAX STATUS OF BONDS. Because the district created...