{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-261.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 261.013","heading":"FORM AND TERMS OF LEASE IN MUNICIPALITY OF 25,000 OR LESS.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of 25,000 or less may lease all or part of a hospital owned by the municipality for operation by the lessee as a public hospital under terms that are satisfactory to the governing body and the lessee. The term of the lease may not exceed 50 years.\n(b) The lease must:\n(1) be authorized by ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body;\n(2) be executed on behalf of the municipality by the mayor and the municipal secretary or clerk; and\n(3) have the seal of the municipality impressed on the lease.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 261. MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER B. SALE, LEASE, OR CLOSURE OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.261.htm#261.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"37740b4d16a265f719eb51c360140314be78239fc461681e665562f4111dec46","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-261.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-261.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}