Tex. Health & Safety Code § 262.0335 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
LIABILITY OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES UNDER CONTRACT FOR SALE OF HOSPITAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a municipal hospital authority wholly located in a county with a population of less than 70,000.
(b) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority waives governmental immunity to suit for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of the contract.
(c) For a breach of contract claim described by Subsection (b), a claimant may not be awarded:
(1) a total amount that exceeds the amount due and owed by the municipal hospital authority under the contract; or
(2) consequential or exemplary damages.
(d) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority may indemnify the purchaser of the hospital according to the terms of the contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 1097), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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