81R7485 TJS-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2250
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Karnes County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1048.061, Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsections
(d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The board may employ physicians or other health care
providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient
operation of the district.
(e) This section may not be construed as authorizing the
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as
prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 1048, Special District
Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding
Section 1048.117 to read as follows:
Sec. 1048.117. BENEFITS FOR INJURED EMPLOYEES. (a) The
district may establish a comprehensive program to provide income
and medical benefits to a district employee who sustains an injury
that arises out of and in the course and scope of employment.
(b) If the district adopts a comprehensive program under
Subsection (a), the district is exempt from Section 504.011, Labor
Code, to the extent that the section requires the district to
provide workers' compensation to its employees.
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 1048, Special District
Local Laws Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding
Section 1048.161 to read as follows:
Sec. 1048.161. 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 in the
next 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) a district bond that has 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.
SECTION 4. 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, 2009.