Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R4674 ALB-F
2	2	By: Estes S.B. No. 1691
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Muenster Hospital District.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 477, Acts of the 59th
10	10	Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding
11	11	Subsections (b-1) and (i) to read as follows:
12	12	(b-1) The Board may employ physicians or other health care
13	13	providers as the Board considers necessary for the efficient
14	14	operation of the district. This section may not be construed as
15	15	authorizing the Board to supervise or control the practice of
16	16	medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
17	17	(i) The District may establish a comprehensive program to
18	18	provide income and medical benefits to a District employee who
19	19	sustains an injury that arises out of and in the course and scope of
20	20	employment. If the District adopts a comprehensive program under
21	21	this subsection, the District is exempt from Section 504.011, Labor
22	22	Code, to the extent that the section requires the District to
23	23	provide workers' compensation to its employees.
24	24	SECTION 2. Chapter 477, Acts of the 59th Legislature,
25	25	Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Sections 9A and 9B to
26	26	read as follows:
27	27	Sec. 9A. In addition to the authority to issue general
28	28	obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this Act, the Board may
29	29	provide for the security and payment of District bonds from a pledge
30	30	of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 9 of
31	31	this Act and revenue and other sources authorized by Section 7 of
32	32	this Act.
33	33	Sec. 9B. The District may use the proceeds of bonds issued
34	34	under this Act to pay:
35	35	(1) any expense the Board determines is reasonable and
36	36	necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;
37	37	(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of
38	38	acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided
39	39	through the bonds, not to exceed five years;
40	40	(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of
41	41	a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:
42	42	(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or
43	43	construction, not to exceed five years; and
44	44	(B) for one year after the project or facility is
45	45	acquired or constructed;
46	46	(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds,
47	47	including debt service reserve and contingency funds;
48	48	(5) costs related to the bond issuance;
49	49	(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or
50	50	interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through
51	51	the bonds; and
52	52	(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to
53	53	be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related
54	54	professional services and expenses.
55	55	SECTION 3. Section 20a(a), Chapter 477, Acts of the 59th
56	56	Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended to read as follows:
57	57	Sec. 20a. (a) The [If the Board of Directors declares that
58	58	funds are not available to meet the lawfully authorized obligations
59	59	of the District and that an emergency exists, the] Board may borrow
60	60	money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate
61	61	allowed by law for District obligations at the time of the loan.
62	62	SECTION 4. Section 20a(d), Chapter 477, Acts of the 59th
63	63	Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is repealed.
64	64	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
65	65	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
66	66	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
67	67	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
68	68	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.