81R6216 ALB-F By: Eissler H.B. No. 1517 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.