By: Eissler (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1517
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Hospital
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 258, Acts of the 65th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended by adding Subsection
(c) to read as follows:
(c) In addition to the powers otherwise provided by this
Act, the district may exercise any power granted to a county or a
public hospital by Sections 61.035, 61.057, 61.058, and 61.059,
Health and Safety Code, as those sections exist on September 30,
2009, including the power to require a person to comply with a
corresponding duty.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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