By: Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2559
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2015;
April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to leases and other agreements relating to real property
entered into by certain hospital districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 281.050(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, with the
approval of the commissioners court, enter into a lease, including
a lease with an option to purchase, an installment purchase
agreement, an installment sale agreement, or any other type of
agreement that relates to real property considered appropriate by
the board [undeveloped real property for not more than 50 years] to
provide for the development, improvement, acquisition, or
management of developed or undeveloped real property [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 an
agreement [a lease] under this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 281.0511, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may, with the
approval of the commissioners court at a meeting subject to Chapter
551, Government Code, lease undeveloped or vacant real property for
not more than 99 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 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.
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