BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 1014
86R8656 SRA‑F	By: Perry
	Intergovernmental Relations
	3/21/2019
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The Reagan County Hospital District has a local trust fund that they would like to use to construct a new fire/EMS station. The current station is dated and needs to be replaced; it is no longer adequate for the needs of the county.

The hospital district's charter currently limits the district's services to medical and hospital care and, because a fire services are considered a public safety, may not allow the hospital district to construct a fire/EMS station, regardless if private funds are usedor not.

S.B. 1014 amends the Reagan Hospital charter to allow the district to construct a facility for public safety and health if the facility is constructed using private money and is either used by the district or leased to another governmental entity for public safety and health purposes.

Background of the Trust Fund

A donor had willed their current assets and future earnings to the hospital district to be spent on capital projects. It is overseen by three people who have prioritized its use for constructing a new fire/EMS station.

As proposed, S.B. 1014 amends current law relating to facilities of the hospital system of the Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 1088.104, Special District Local Laws Code, by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d), as follows:

(c) Authorizes the hospital system to include:

(1)�(9) makes no changes to these subdivisions; and

(10) any other facilities the board of directors of the Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas (board) considers necessary for medical care, hospital care, and public safety and health. Makes a nonsubstantive change.

(d) Authorizes a facility for public safety and health described by Subsection (c) (10) to be constructed by the district using private money and to be used by the district, or any governmental entity to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and health purposes.

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2019.