Bill Text: TX HB1413 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1413-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1413-Introduced.html
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By: Chisum | H.B. No. 1413 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital | ||
District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 1013.052 and 1013.062, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1013.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [ |
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accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code. | ||
Sec. 1013.062. RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF AND | ||
EMPLOYEES. (a) The board may spend district money, enter into | ||
agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians | ||
and other persons to serve as medical staff members or district | ||
employees, including: | ||
(1) advertising and marketing; | ||
(2) paying travel, recruitment, and relocation | ||
expenses; | ||
(3) providing a loan or scholarship to a physician or a | ||
person who: | ||
(A) is currently enrolled in health care | ||
education courses at an institution of higher education; and | ||
(B) contractually agrees to become a district | ||
employee or medical staff member; and | ||
(4) providing on a rent-free basis or subsidizing the | ||
cost of office space or other facilities for a health care | ||
professional, including a physician. | ||
(b) The board may employ physicians or other health care | ||
providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient | ||
operation of the district. | ||
(c) This section may not be construed as authorizing the | ||
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as | ||
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 1013, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 1013.209 and | ||
1013.210 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1013.209. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF | ||
BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation | ||
bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may | ||
provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge | ||
of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section | ||
1013.202 and revenue and other sources authorized by Section | ||
1013.206. | ||
Sec. 1013.210. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use | ||
the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay: | ||
(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and | ||
necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds; | ||
(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of | ||
acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided | ||
through the bonds, not to exceed five years; | ||
(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of | ||
a project or facility to be provided through the bonds: | ||
(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or | ||
construction, not to exceed five years; and | ||
(B) for one year after the project or facility is | ||
acquired or constructed; | ||
(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, | ||
including debt service reserve and contingency funds; | ||
(5) costs related to the bond issuance; | ||
(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or | ||
interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through | ||
the bonds; and | ||
(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to | ||
be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related | ||
professional services and expenses. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |