H.B. No. 811

	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Scurry County Hospital
	District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1119 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 1119. SCURRY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 1119.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
	(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the
	district.
	(2)  "District" means the Scurry County Hospital
	District.
	[Sections 1119.002-1119.050 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
	Sec. 1119.051.  EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a)
	The board may employ health care providers other than physicians as
	the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the
	district.
	(b)  The board may delegate to the administrator of the
	district the authority to employ health care providers under
	Subsection (a).
	[Sections 1119.052-1119.100 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 1119.101.  GENERAL AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
	(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum
	annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at
	the time the loan is made.
	(b)  To secure a loan, the board may pledge:
	(1)  district revenue that is not pledged to pay the
	district's bonded indebtedness;
	(2)  a district tax to be imposed by the district during
	the 12-month period following the date of the pledge that is not
	pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or
	(3)  district bonds that have been authorized but not
	sold.
	(c)  A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature
	not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A
	loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later
	than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.
	[Sections 1119.102-1119.150 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER D. BONDS
	Sec. 1119.151.  ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF
	BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation
	bonds and revenue bonds under Subchapter G, Chapter 286, Health and
	Safety Code, the board may provide for the security and repayment of
	district bonds from a pledge of a combination of taxes as authorized
	by Section 286.142, Health and Safety Code, and revenue and other
	sources as authorized by Section 286.144, Health and Safety Code.
	Sec. 1119.152.  USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use
	the proceeds of bonds issued under Chapter 286, Health and Safety
	Code, 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 2.  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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 811 was passed by the House on April
	7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 5, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 811 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2
	present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 811 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0
	.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor