By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to hospital district real property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds that the entering into the
agreements authorized by Health and Safety Code Section 281.050(b)
designed to generate revenues for the financial benefit of the
district is in furtherance of hospital purposes and serves a public
purpose of this state in furthering the benefits to the district and
the public welfare of the persons served by the district.
SECTION 2. Section 281.050 Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, with the
approval of the commissioners court, enter into a lease
[undeveloped real property for not more than 50 years to provide for
the development and construction of facilities, a lease] with an
option to purchase, an installment purchase agreement, an
installment sale agreement or any other form of agreement
considered appropriate by the board to provide for the development,
construction, improvement, acquisition or management of real
property, whether developed or undeveloped 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
any form of agreement determined by the board to be
appropriate to generate revenue for the financial benefit of the
district [a lease] under this subsection.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.