H.B. No. 1517 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1517 was passed by the House on April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1517 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor