By: Hegar  S.B. No. 1712
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; April 6, 2009, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 6, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of the Matagorda County Hospital District
  of Matagorda County, Texas, to lease property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1057.106, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1057.106.  LEASES.  (a)  The board may lease district
  property, including facilities or equipment, to individuals,
  companies, corporations, or other legal entities on terms the board
  determines further the district's purposes.
         (b)  The term of a lease under this section may not exceed 99
  [25] years.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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