Bill Text: TX HB1293 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the Moore County Hospital District.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1293 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1293-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1293

AN ACT
relating to the Moore County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1064.104(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, as effective April 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The hospital system may include:
(1) facilities for domiciliary care and treatment of
the sick or injured;
(2) facilities for outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) facilities for geriatric [domiciliary] care,
including assisted living facilities and independent elderly
living facilities;
(5) nursing [convalescent] home facilities;
(6) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training
centers;
(7) blood banks;
(8) community mental health centers;
(9) research centers or laboratories; and
(10) any other facilities the board considers
necessary for hospital care.
SECTION 2. Section 1064.110(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A construction or purchase contract that involves the
expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024,
Local Government Code, [$15,000] may be made only after advertising
in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local
Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1293 was passed by the House on April
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1293 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor