Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 280.003 · Chapter 280. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
HOSPITAL SITES IN COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a municipality may issue bonds that are payable from ad valorem taxes and use the proceeds from the sale of the bonds to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or both, land to be used for hospital purposes.
(b) A county or municipality that has sufficient money in its general fund may use money in that fund to acquire land to be used for hospital purposes.
(c) A county or municipality that owns land suitable for hospital purposes, including land acquired under Subsection (a) or (b), may donate the land to this state or to the United States for hospital purposes if this state or the United States agrees to erect and maintain a hospital on the land.
(d) A county or municipality may accept a nominal award as full compensation for land that is suitable for hospital purposes in a condemnation proceeding brought by this state or by the United States to acquire the land for hospital purposes.
(e) If bonds are issued under Subsection (a), the commissioners court or the governing body must impose the taxes in compliance with the applicable provisions of Subtitles A and C, Title 9, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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