Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 263.022 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AFTER PASSAGE OF BOND PROPOSITION

HS § 263.022Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part C. LOCAL HOSPITALS · Ch. 263. COUNTY HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH FACILITIES · Art. B. ESTABLISHING, ENLARGING, SELLING, AND CLOSING COUNTY HOSPITALS

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(a)If a bond proposition under Section 263.021 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election, the commissioners court of the county shall establish or enlarge a hospital or medical or other health facility as provided in the proposition and maintain the hospital or facility.

(b)In establishing, enlarging, or maintaining a hospital or facility, the commissioners court may:

(1)purchase or lease real or personal property or acquire real property and easements to real property by condemnation;

(2)purchase or construct any necessary buildings;

(3)make necessary improvements, repairs, and alterations to an existing building;

(4)impose property taxes in the county for all necessary expenditures related to the hospital or facility, including maintenance expenses;

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.