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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election, powers, and duties of the members of the |
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board of directors of the Midland County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 5, Chapter 112, Acts of |
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the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(g) The board may, on its own motion, order that board |
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members are to be elected in even-numbered years to serve staggered |
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four-year terms. Members [The first election of board members in an
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odd-numbered year that occurs at least 120 days after the date on
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which an order is entered under Subsection (a) shall be held as
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previously scheduled, and the members elected shall serve
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three-year terms. The subsequent election of board members
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previously scheduled to be held in an even-numbered year shall be
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held as scheduled, and the members elected shall serve four-year
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terms. Subsequent members] shall be elected on the November |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code, [first
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Saturday in May] of each even-numbered year and the members shall |
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serve four-year terms. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11, Chapter 112, Acts of the 65th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11. (a) The board of directors is given complete |
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discretion as to the type, number, and location of buildings and |
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property required to establish and maintain an adequate hospital |
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system. The hospital system may include facilities for domiciliary |
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care of the sick, wounded, and injured, outpatient clinics, |
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dispensaries, facilities for geriatric domiciliary care, |
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convalescent home facilities, necessary nurses' domiciliaries, and |
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training centers, training facilities for doctors, nurses, and |
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other health care disciplines, blood banks, community mental health |
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centers, research centers or laboratories, parking, and any other |
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facilities deemed necessary by the board of directors for a |
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hospital or hospital system and a medical facility or other health |
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facility included in the hospital or hospital system. The |
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district, through its board of directors, is authorized to lease |
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property, facilities, or equipment and to enter into leases of all |
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or a part of its buildings and facilities with any person, |
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corporation, political subdivision, agency, or branch of the state |
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or United States, with such terms and conditions as considered to be |
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in the best interest of the district; provided that no lease may be |
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for a period in excess of 40 years from the date entered. On the |
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district's behalf, the board of directors may hold, construct, |
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condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, |
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regulate, sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of land, equipment, or |
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property of any nature, or a property right, hospital facility, or |
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hospital system on terms and conditions found by the board to be in |
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the best interest of the district's inhabitants. |
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(b) The board of directors may donate to another |
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governmental entity or to a charitable organization any surplus |
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personal property or equipment if the donation serves a public |
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purpose and is accompanied by adequate consideration. |
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SECTION 3. Section 12, Chapter 112, Acts of the 65th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12. The board of directors has the power to prescribe |
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the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and |
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for the hospital district and shall also be authorized to prescribe |
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all accounting and control procedures or may delegate all or any of |
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those powers, by the adoption of an appropriate resolution to that |
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effect, to the Midland Memorial Foundation or its successors, or to |
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an individual, corporation, agency, political subdivision, or |
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other entity that enters into an operating or management agreement |
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with the district to exercise all or any of those powers. All |
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contracts by the district for construction or purchases involving |
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the expenditure of more than $25,000 [$10,000] may be made only |
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after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252, Local |
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Government Code. The provisions of Chapter 2253, Government Code, |
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apply to construction contracts let by the district. The district |
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may acquire equipment for use in its hospital system, including |
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medical facilities and health facilities, and mortgage or pledge |
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the property so acquired as security for the payment of the purchase |
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price, but any such contract shall provide for the entire |
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obligation of the district to be retired within five years from the |
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date of the contract. Except as permitted in the preceding sentence |
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and as permitted by Sections 9 and 10 of this Act, the district may |
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incur no obligation payable from any revenues of the district, |
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taxes or otherwise, except those on hand or to be on hand within the |
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current and following fiscal year of the district. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (a), Section 13, Chapter 112, Acts of |
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the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The board of directors of the district shall name one or |
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more banks within its boundaries to serve as depository for the |
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funds of the district for a period of four [two] years. Bids shall |
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be received for a depository contract after a notice is published |
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once, 20 days before the date to open such bids, in a newspaper of |
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general circulation in the district. The depository contract shall |
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be awarded to [let with] the bank or banks offering the most |
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favorable terms and conditions for handling the district's money |
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[to the district]. All funds of the district, except those invested |
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as provided in Section 6 of this Act and those transmitted to a bank |
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or banks as payment for bonds or obligations issued by the district, |
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shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall |
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remain on deposit; provided that nothing in this Act shall limit the |
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power of the board to place a portion of such funds on time deposit |
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or purchase certificates of deposit. |
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SECTION 5. The members of the board of directors of the |
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Midland County Hospital District shall adjust the terms of office |
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of directors to conform to the change of the election date made |
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under Subsection (g), Section 5, Chapter 112, Acts of the 65th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |