81R8783 TJS-F
 
  By: Duncan S.B. No. 1793
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.  Section 1013.052, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1013.052.  NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [Not earlier
  than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date] of an
  election of directors [, notice of the election] shall be published
  [one time] in a newspaper of general circulation in Castro County in
  accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1013.062, Special District Local Laws
  Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
         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 3.  Subchapter E, Chapter 1013, Special District
  Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2009, 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 insure, 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 4.  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, 2009.