By: Eissler (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1517

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009; May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Hospital District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 258, Acts of the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) In addition to the powers otherwise provided by this Act, the district may exercise any power granted to a county or a public hospital by Sections 61.035, 61.057, 61.058, and 61.059, Health and Safety Code, as those sections exist on September 30, 2009, including the power to require a person to comply with a corresponding duty.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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