By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1467
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to validation of all acts, resolutions, orders,
    1-2  instruments, obligations and proceedings of hospital development
    1-3  corporations.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS.  The term "corporation" means any
    1-6  hospital development corporation which was created or attempted to
    1-7  be created pursuant to the Health Facilities Development Act,
    1-8  Health & Safety Code, Chapter 221 (formerly Article 1528j, Vernon's
    1-9  Texas Civil Statutes).
   1-10        SECTION 2.  APPLICATION DATE.  This Act applies to all acts,
   1-11  resolutions, orders, instruments, obligations and proceedings
   1-12  whatsoever taken, adopted, authorized, issued, entered into or
   1-13  delivered by any corporation prior to January 1, 1993.
   1-14        SECTION 3.  MATTERS VALIDATED.  All such acts, resolutions,
   1-15  orders, instruments, obligations and proceedings of a corporation
   1-16  prior to January 1, 1993, are in all respect validated, ratified,
   1-17  approved and confirmed as of the date they were taken, adopted,
   1-18  authorized, issued, entered into or delivered and shall be treated
   1-19  as though they had originally been duly authorized and accomplished
   1-20  in accordance with law.  Any such acts, resolutions, orders
   1-21  instruments, obligations or proceedings, shall not be held invalid
   1-22  because they were not taken, adopted, authorized, issued, entered
   1-23  into or delivered in accordance with law.  All governmental acts
    2-1  and proceedings of cities, counties and hospital districts in
    2-2  connection with the authorization and approval of any acts,
    2-3  resolutions, orders, instruments, obligations and proceedings or a
    2-4  corporation are validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed as of
    2-5  their original date.
    2-6        SECTION 4.  EXCEPTIONS.  This Act does not apply to any
    2-7  matter that on the effective date of this Act:
    2-8        (a)  is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately
    2-9  results in the matter being held invalid by a final judgment of a
   2-10  court of competent jurisdiction, or
   2-11        (b)  has been held invalid by a court of competent
   2-12  jurisdiction.
   2-13        SECTION 5.  EMERGENCY.  The importance of this legislation
   2-14  and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-15  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-16  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-17  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.