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1	1	By: Chisum H.B. No. 3411
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital
7	7	District.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 1013.052 and 1013.062, Special District
10	10	Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 1013.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice [Not earlier
12	12	than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date] of an
13	13	election of directors [, notice of the election] shall be published
14	14	[one time] in a newspaper of general circulation in Castro County in
15	15	accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
16	16	Sec. 1013.062. RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF AND
17	17	EMPLOYEES. (a) The board may spend district money, enter into
18	18	agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians
19	19	and other persons to serve as medical staff members or district
20	20	employees, including:
21	21	(1) advertising and marketing;
22	22	(2) paying travel, recruitment, and relocation
23	23	expenses;
24	24	(3) providing a loan or scholarship to a physician or a
25	25	person who:
26	26	(A) is currently enrolled in health care
27	27	education courses at an institution of higher education; and
28	28	(B) contractually agrees to become a district
29	29	employee or medical staff member; and
30	30	(4) providing on a rent-free basis or subsidizing the
31	31	cost of office space or other facilities for a health care
32	32	professional, including a physician.
33	33	(b) The board may employ physicians or other health care
34	34	providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient
35	35	operation of the district.
36	36	(c) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
37	37	board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
38	38	prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
39	39	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 1013, Special District
40	40	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 1013.209 and
41	41	1013.210 to read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 1013.209. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF
43	43	BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation
44	44	bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may
45	45	provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge
46	46	of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section
47	47	1013.202 and revenue and other sources authorized by Section
48	48	1013.206.
49	49	Sec. 1013.210. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use
50	50	the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:
51	51	(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and
52	52	necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;
53	53	(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of
54	54	acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided
55	55	through the bonds, not to exceed five years;
56	56	(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of
57	57	a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:
58	58	(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or
59	59	construction, not to exceed five years; and
60	60	(B) for one year after the project or facility is
61	61	acquired or constructed;
62	62	(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds,
63	63	including debt service reserve and contingency funds;
64	64	(5) costs related to the bond issuance;
65	65	(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or
66	66	interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through
67	67	the bonds; and
68	68	(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to
69	69	be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related
70	70	professional services and expenses.
71	71	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
72	72	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
73	73	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
74	74	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
75	75	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.