Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 265.026 — TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
HS § 265.026Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part C. LOCAL HOSPITALS · Ch. 265. JOINT MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY HOSPITALS · Art. C. JOINT HOSPITAL CONTROLLED BY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court and each municipal governing body that designates the ownership and control of a joint hospital under this subchapter may conduct a joint program of tuberculosis control in their jurisdictions to protect the public health through alleviation, suppression, and prevention of the spread of tuberculosis.
(b)The program may include cooperation with public or private agencies that have the same objective, whether federal, state, or local.
(c)The commissioners court may levy a tax not to exceed 10 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the county, in addition to the tax under Section 265.025, if approved by a majority vote at a county election. The revenue from that tax shall be kept separate from other funds and shall be used only for the purposes of this section.
(d)The governing body of a municipality participating in the program may levy a tax not to exceed five cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the municipality if approved by a majority vote at a municipal election in accordance with the municipal charter in a home-rule municipality or with other law in a general-law municipality. The revenue from the tax shall be kept separate from other funds and shall be used only for the purposes of this section. The municipal charter of a home-rule municipality may be amended to create the fund for the tax proceeds or other income.
(e)The county and each municipality participating in the program and levying the taxes may create a joint tuberculosis control board to administer this section. The board must have at least five members. The district judges of the county by majority action, the county health board, the municipal health board of the participating municipality with the largest population, the county judge, and the mayor of each participating municipality shall each appoint a member to the board. Board members serve without compensation.
(f)The members are appointed for three-year terms. However, the term of the first appointment by the county health board or by a mayor expires one year after the date of appointment, the term of the first appointment by the municipal health board or the county judge expires two years after the date of appointment, and the term of the first appointment by the district judges expires three years after the date of appointment. The entity that made an original appointment shall appoint a successor member on the expiration of a member's term or to fill, for the unexpired part of a term, a vacancy caused by death or resignation.
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.