Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 1,507
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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1969
ation of the hospital, hospital system,
its staff and its employees. The board
of directors may appoint a qualified
person to be known as the adminis-
trator or manager of the hospital dis-
trict and may in its discretion appoint
an assistant or assistants to the ad-
ministrator or manager. Such admin-
istrator or manager and assistant ad-
ministrator or manager, if any, shall
serve at the will of the board and
shall receive such compensation as
may be fixed by the board. The ad-
ministrator or manager shall, upon
assuming his duties, execute a bond
payable to the hospital district in an
amount to be set by the board of di-
rectors, in no event less than $5,000
conditioned that he shall perform the
duties required of him, and containing
such other conditions as the board
may require. The administrator or
manager shall supervise all the work
and activities of the district and shall
have general direction of the affairs
of the district, subject to the limita-
tions as may be prescribed by the
board. The board of directors shall
have the authority to appoint to or
dismiss from the staff such doctors
as it may be deemed necessary for the
efficient operation of the district, and
may provide for temporary appoint-
ments to the staff if warranted by cir-
cumstances. The board may delegate
to the administrator or manager the
authority to employ technicians,
nurses, and employees of the district.
Such board shall be authorized to
contract with any other political sub-
division or governmental agency
whereby the district will provide in-
vestigatory or other services as to
the hospital, or welfare needs of the
inhabitants of the district and shall
be authorized to contract with any
county or incorporated municipality
located outside its boundaries for the
hospitalization of the sick, diseased,
or injured persons of any such county
or municipality, and shall have the
authority to contract with the State
of Texas or agencies of the federal
government for the hospital treatment
of sick, diseased or injured persons.
The hospital district created by this
Act is authorized to purchase from
any city hospital within the district,
and each said authority is hereby au-
thorized to sell to said hospital dis-
trict, any and all hospital facilities,
including all lands, buildings, equip-
ment and properties owned by them
upon such terms and for such prices
as they may mutually agree. If anysuch hospital authority sells its fa-
cilities to the district, that authority
shall no longer be authorized to per-
form hospital services within the
boundaries of the district herein au-
thorized nor issue bonds therefor.
Sec. 6. The district shall be oper-
ated on the basis of a fiscal year com-
mencing on July 1 of each year and
ending June 30 of the following year,
and it shall cause an independent
audit to be made of the financial con-
dition of said district, which, together
with other records of the district,
shall be open to inspection at
the principal office of the district,
such audit to be made covering such
fiscal year, and the same shall be
filed at the office of the district as soon
as it is completed. The administrator
or manager shall prepare an annual
budget for approval by the board of
directors. This budget shall also con-
tain a complete financial statement
of the district showing all outstand-
ing obligations of the district, the
cash on hand to the credit of each
and every fund of the district, the
funds received from all sources dur-
ing the previous year, the funds
available from all sources during the
ensuing year, with balances expected
at end of the year in which the budget
is being prepared, and estimated rev-
enues and balances available to cover
the proposed budget and the estimated
tax rate which will be required, and
the proposed expenditures and dis-
bursements and the estimated receipts
and collections for the following fiscal
year. A public hearing on the annual
budget shall be held by the board of
directors after notice of such hearing
has been published one time at least
10 days before the date set therefor.
Notice of the budget hearing shall
be published in a newspaper or
newspapers which individually or
collectively provide general circula-
tion in the hospital district. Any prop-
erty taxpayer of the district shall
have the right to be present and
participate in said hearing. At the
conclusion of the hearing, the budget,
as proposed by the administrator,
shall be acted upon by the board of
directors. The board of directors shall
have authority to make such changes
in the budget as in their judgment
the law warrants and the interest of
the taxpayers demand. No expendi-
ture may be made for any expense
not included in the annual budget or
an amendment thereto. The annual
budget may be amended from time
to time as the circumstances may1507
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1, legislative document, 1969; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145999/m1/1507/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.