By: Leman (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2176
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 10, 2019, rereferred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease
district property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1051.107, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's land,
buildings, and [other] facilities on terms considered to be in the
best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease
may not exceed 50 [25] years.
(b-1) A lease of the district's land to a private entity
under Subsection (b) must include a provision that requires the
lessee to indemnify the district for and exempt the district from
any liability resulting from an act or omission of the lessee.
SECTION 2. Section 1051.107(b-1), Special District Local
Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered
into on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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