Tex. Health & Safety Code § 285.051 · Subchapter D. SALE, LEASE, OR CLOSING OF HOSPITAL
AUTHORITY OF GOVERNING BODY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing body of a hospital district by resolution may order the sale, lease, or closing of all or part of a hospital owned and operated by the hospital district, including real property. The resolution must include a finding by the governing body that the sale, lease, or closing is in the best interest of the residents of the hospital district.
(b) A sale or closing may not take effect before the expiration of the period in which a petition may be filed under Section 285.052.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.285.htm
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