Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.092: APPOINTMENT BY AGREEMENT.

(a) A person who holds a controlling interest in a facility may request the department to assume the operation of the facility through the appointment of a trustee under this subchapter.

(b) After receiving the request, the department may enter into an agreement providing for the appointment of a trustee to take charge of the facility under conditions both parties consider appropriate if the department considers the appointment desirable.

(c) An agreement under this section must:

(1) specify the terms and conditions of the trustee's appointment and authority; and

(2) preserve the rights of the residents as granted by law.

(d) The agreement terminates at the time:

(1) specified by the parties; or

(2) either party notifies the other in writing that the party is terminating the appointment agreement.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.