Bill Text: TX HB2176 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease district property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2176 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2176-Comm_Sub.html

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86R21498 SRA-D
By: Leman H.B. No. 2176
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2176:
By: Cole C.S.H.B. No. 2176

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease
district property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1051.107, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's land,
buildings, and [other] facilities on terms considered to be in the
best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease
may not exceed 50 [25] years.
(b-1) A lease of the district's land to a private entity
under Subsection (b) must include a provision that requires the
lessee to indemnify the district for and exempt the district from
any liability resulting from an act or omission of the lessee.
SECTION 2. Section 1051.107(b-1), Special District Local
Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered
into on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.