By Hilderbran H.B. No. 626 77R601 YDB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to funds for capital improvements to certain rural 1-3 clinics. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 106.203(a), Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) The center may use money appropriated to the center 1-8 under Section 403.1065, Government Code, to make a grant or low 1-9 interest loan to, or guarantee a loan for: 1-10 (1) (,) a public or nonprofit hospital located in a 1-11 rural county; or 1-12 (2) a health clinic that is: 1-13 (A) owned or operated by a nonprofit entity; and 1-14 (B) located in a rural county. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-16 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-17 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-18 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-19 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.