By Bivins S.B. No. 726
77R2348 YDB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fiscal year and the date of elections of the
1-3 Stratford Hospital District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 6, Chapter 470, Acts of the 61st
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 6. The district shall be operated on the basis of a
1-8 fiscal year commencing on September 1 [July 1] of each year and
1-9 ending on August 31 [June 30] of the following year, and it shall
1-10 cause an independent audit to be made of the financial condition of
1-11 said district, which, together with other records of the district,
1-12 shall be open to inspection at the principal office of the
1-13 district, such audit to be made covering such fiscal year, and the
1-14 same shall be filed at the office of the district as soon as it is
1-15 completed. The administrator or manager shall prepare an annual
1-16 budget for approval by the board of directors. The budget shall
1-17 also contain a complete financial statement of the district showing
1-18 all outstanding obligations of the district, the cash on hand to
1-19 the credit of each and every fund of the district, the funds
1-20 received from all sources during the previous year, the funds
1-21 available from all sources during the ensuing year, with balances
1-22 expected at end of the year in which the budget is being prepared,
1-23 and estimated revenues and balances available to cover the proposed
1-24 budget and the estimated tax rate which will be required, and the
2-1 proposed expenditures and disbursements and the estimated receipts
2-2 and collections for the following fiscal year. A public hearing on
2-3 the annual budget shall be held by the board of directors after
2-4 notice of such hearing has been published one time at least 10 days
2-5 before the date set therefor. Notice of the budget hearing shall
2-6 be published in a newspaper or newspapers which individually or
2-7 collectively provide general circulation in the hospital district.
2-8 Any property taxpayer of the district shall have the right to be
2-9 present and participate in said hearing. At the conclusion of the
2-10 hearing, the budget, as proposed by the administrator, shall be
2-11 acted upon by the board of directors. The board of directors shall
2-12 have authority to make such changes in the budget as in their
2-13 judgment the law warrants and the interest of the taxpayers demand.
2-14 No expenditure may be made for any expense not included in the
2-15 annual budget or an amendment thereto. The annual budget may be
2-16 amended from time to time as the circumstances may require, but the
2-17 annual budget, and all amendments thereto, shall be approved by the
2-18 board of directors. As soon as practicable after the close of each
2-19 fiscal year, the administrator or manager shall prepare for the
2-20 board a full sworn statement of all moneys belonging to the
2-21 district and a full account of the disbursements of same.
2-22 SECTION 2. Section 4(c), Chapter 470, Acts of the 61st
2-23 Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as follows:
2-24 (c) Directors shall serve staggered terms with three
2-25 directors elected one year and two directors elected the next year.
2-26 Directors shall be elected by vote of the electors of the entire
2-27 district for two year terms. An election to elect an appropriate
3-1 number of directors shall be held on the first [third] Saturday in
3-2 May of each year. Notice of each such election shall be published
3-3 in a newspaper or newspapers which individually or collectively
3-4 provide general circulation in the district one time at least 30
3-5 days prior to the date of the election. Any person desiring to
3-6 have his name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director
3-7 shall file an application with the secretary of the board of
3-8 directors. Such application shall be filed with the secretary not
3-9 less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date of the
3-10 election. Vacancies in office shall be filled for the unexpired
3-11 term of the remainder of the permanent directors. Each member of
3-12 the board of directors shall execute a good and sufficient bond for
3-13 $1,000 payable to said district conditioned upon the faithful
3-14 performance of his duties, and each bond shall be purchased at the
3-15 expense of the district.
3-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.