Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 262.0335
Liability of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract for Sale of Hospital

(a)

This section applies only to a municipal hospital authority wholly located in a county with a population of less than 70,000.

(b)

A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority waives governmental immunity to suit for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of the contract.

(c)

For a breach of contract claim described by Subsection (b), a claimant may not be awarded:

(1)

a total amount that exceeds the amount due and owed by the municipal hospital authority under the contract; or

(2)

consequential or exemplary damages.

(d)

A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority may indemnify the purchaser of the hospital according to the terms of the contract.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 1097), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.

Source: Section 262.0335 — Liability of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract for Sale of Hospital, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.262.htm#262.0335 (accessed Feb. 26, 2025).

262.001
Short Title 262.002
Definitions 262.003
Creation 262.004
Tax Exemption 262.005
Dissolution 262.011
Board of Directors 262.012
Appointment of Board 262.013
Officers 262.014
Authority of Board 262.015
Compensation 262.021
General Powers 262.022
Acquisition, Operation, and Lease of Hospitals 262.023
Employees 262.024
Management Agreement 262.025
Committees 262.026
Rates for Hospital Services 262.027
Depository 262.028
Eminent Domain 262.029
Gifts and Endowments 262.030
Medical Records 262.031
Sale of Property 262.032
Sale of Property to Political Subdivision 262.033
Sale or Closing of Hospital 262.034
Facilities and Services for Elderly and Disabled 262.035
Powers and Duties of Certain Hospital Authorities 262.036
Retirement Benefits 262.037
Establishment of Nonprofit Corporation 262.038
Hospital Authority Contracts, Collaborations, and Joint Ventures 262.039
Investment of Authority Funds 262.041
Revenue Bonds 262.042
Form and Procedure 262.043
Terms 262.044
Notice 262.045
Referendum 262.046
Junior Lien Bonds 262.047
Bond Proceeds 262.048
Refunding Bonds 262.049
Approval and Registration of Bonds 262.050
Legal Investments 262.0225
Authority to Borrow Money 262.0331
Expenditure of Funds for Public Health Initiatives After Sale or Closing of Hospital 262.0335
Liability of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract for Sale of Hospital

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Original Source: Section 262.0335 — Liability of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract for Sale of Hospital, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.262.htm#262.0335 (last accessed Feb. 26, 2025).