Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1478 Senate Committee Report / Bill

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                    By: Carona S.B. No. 1478
 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 Relations; April 6, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0;
 April 6, 2009, sent to printer.)
 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1478 By: Nichols


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of hospital districts to lease
 undeveloped real property.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1. Section 281.050, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 281.050. POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY,
 FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. (a) With the approval of the
 commissioners court, the board may construct, condemn, acquire,
 lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, regulate, sell,
 exchange, and convey any property, property right, equipment,
 hospital facility, or system to maintain a hospital, building, or
 other facility or to provide a service required by the district.
 Approval of the commissioners court shall be required for the sale
 or lease of a hospital facility regardless of the provisions of
 Section 285.051.
 (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, with the
 approval of the commissioners court, lease undeveloped real
 property for not more than 50 years to provide for the development
 and construction of facilities designed to generate revenue for the
 financial benefit of the district.  The board, directly or through a
 nonprofit corporation, may contract or enter into a joint venture
 with a public or private entity as necessary to enter into a lease
 under this subsection.
 SECTION 2. 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.
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