Amend HB 794 by inserting the following new sections,
appropriately numbered, to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Section 281.050, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      281.050.  POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES,
AND EQUIPMENT.  With the approval of the commissioners court, the
board may construct, condemn, acquire, lease, add to, maintain,
operate, develop, regulate, sell, exchange, and convey any
property, property right, equipment, hospital facility, or system
to maintain a hospital, building, or other facility or to provide a
service required by the district.  Approval of the commissioners
court shall be required for the sale or lease of a hospital
facility regardless of the provisions of section 285.051.