Sec. 265.037. HOSPITAL FACILITIES; OTHER PROPERTY. (a) The board may purchase, construct, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire hospital facilities and may improve, enlarge, furnish, equip, operate, and maintain those facilities.
(b) The county or the municipality may lease or convey title to, or any other interest in, all or part of the county's or municipality's hospital facilities, including real and personal property, to the board on terms agreed to by the county or municipality and the board.
(c) The board may own, receive, encumber, sell, lease, or convey any interest in real or personal property, including gifts and grants. However, the board may not encumber, sell, lease, or convey real or personal property unless the commissioners court and the governing body of the municipality by resolution approve the transaction.
(d) A board existing in a county with a population of more than 100,000 and a municipality with a population of more than 75,000, as an exercise of its powers as a public agency and body politic, may purchase, construct, receive, lease, or otherwise acquire hospital facilities, including the sublease of one or more hospital facilities, regardless of whether the action might be considered anticompetitive under the antitrust laws of the United States or this state.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 909, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 265 - Joint Municipal and County Hospitals
Subchapter D. Joint County-Municipal Hospital Boards
Section 265.031. Creation of Board
Section 265.032. Appointment of Board
Section 265.034. Authority of Board
Section 265.037. Hospital Facilities; Other Property
Section 265.038. Contracts for Hospital Services
Section 265.040. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds
Section 265.041. Terms of Bonds
Section 265.042. Pledge of Security
Section 265.043. Sale and Use of Proceeds
Section 265.044. Parity and Subordinate Lien Bonds
Section 265.045. Notice; Petition for Election
Section 265.046. Refunding Bonds
Section 265.047. Examination, Approval, and Registration of Bonds
Section 265.048. Legal Investments; Security for Deposits
Section 265.049. Charges for Services and Facilities