Sec. 283.052. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED; LEGAL REPRESENTATION. (a) The board may sue and be sued.
(b) The county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the county in civil matters shall represent the district in all legal matters.
(c) The board may employ additional legal counsel when the board determines that additional counsel is advisable.
(d) The district shall contribute sufficient funds to the general fund of the county for the account of the budget of the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, to pay all additional salaries and expenses incurred by that officer in performing the duties required by the district.
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