California Health and Safety Code

§ 32126

HSC § 32126 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 23 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The board of directors may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any hospital acquired or constructed by it pursuant to this division, and for that purpose may enter into any lease agreement that it believes will best serve the interest of the district. A lease entered into with one or more corporations for the operation of 50 percent or more of the district’s hospital, or that is part of, or contingent upon, a transfer of 50 percent or more of the district’s assets, in sum or by increment, as described in subdivision (p) of Section 32121, shall be subject to the requirements of subdivision (p) of Section 32121. Any lease for the operation of any hospital shall require the tenant or lessee to conform to, and abide by, Section 32128. No lease for the operation of an entire hospital shall run for a term in excess of 30 years. No lease for the operation of less than an entire hospital shall run for a term in excess of 10 years.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a sublease, an assignment of an existing lease, or the release of a tenant or lessee from obligations under an existing lease in connection with an assignment of an existing lease shall not be subject to the requirements of subdivision (p) of Section 32121 so long as all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The sublease or assignment of the existing lease otherwise remains in compliance with subdivision (a).

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 194, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 25.6. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.