Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 263.026 — HEALTH UNIT OR CENTER IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION GREATER THAN 100,000
HS § 263.026Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part C. LOCAL HOSPITALS · Ch. 263. COUNTY HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH FACILITIES · Art. B. ESTABLISHING, ENLARGING, SELLING, AND CLOSING COUNTY HOSPITALS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 100,000 that has a county hospital may acquire sites and construct or otherwise acquire buildings to use for county public health units or public health centers as part of the county hospital system. The commissioners court may locate a health unit or center anywhere in the county.
(b)Payments for the sites or buildings shall be made from the county permanent improvement fund. To pay for a site or building for a health unit or center, the commissioners court may:
(1)issue negotiable bonds and impose taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds in accordance with Subtitles A and C, Title 9, Government Code;
(2)issue time warrants and impose taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the time warrants in accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code; or
(3)by order issue certificates of indebtedness and impose taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the certificates in accordance with this section.
(c)The certificates of indebtedness must:
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.