Sec. 283.043. ASSUMPTION OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS; CANCELLATION OF UNSOLD MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY BONDS. (a) On the creation of the district, the district assumes:
(1) any outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by the county or municipality, or both, in the acquisition of land, buildings, and equipment transferred to the district or in the construction and equipping of hospital facilities; and
(2) any other outstanding bonds issued by the county or municipality for hospital purposes, the proceeds of which are in whole or in part unexpended.
(b) A county or municipality in the district that issued bonds for hospital purposes is no longer liable for the payment of bonds assumed by the district or for providing interest and sinking fund requirements on those bonds.
(c) This section does not limit or affect the rights of a bondholder against the county or municipality if there is a default in payment of the principal or interest on the bonds in accordance with their terms.
(d) If the issuance of bonds to provide hospital facilities was approved at a bond election but the bonds have not been sold on the date on which the hospital district is created under this chapter, the bond authority is canceled and the bonds may not be sold.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Hospital Districts
Chapter 283 - Optional Hospital District Law of 1957
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties
Section 283.041. Transfer of County and Municipal Hospital Property and Funds
Section 283.042. Assumption of Contract Obligations
Section 283.043. Assumption of Bonded Indebtedness; Cancellation of Unsold Municipal or County Bonds
Section 283.044. Limitation on Taxing Power by Governmental Entity; Disposition of Delinquent Taxes
Section 283.045. District Responsibility for Medical Aid and Hospital Care
Section 283.046. Management, Control, and Administration
Section 283.047. District Rules
Section 283.048. Purchasing and Accounting Methods and Procedures
Section 283.049. District Inspections
Section 283.050. Eminent Domain
Section 283.051. Gifts and Endowments
Section 283.052. Authority to Sue and Be Sued; Legal Representation