{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-262.0335","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.0335","heading":"LIABILITY OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES UNDER CONTRACT FOR SALE OF HOSPITAL.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a municipal hospital authority wholly located in a county with a population of less than 70,000.\n(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.\n(c) For a breach of contract claim described by Subsection (b), a claimant may not be awarded:\n(1) a total amount that exceeds the amount due and owed by the municipal hospital authority under the contract; or\n(2) consequential or exemplary damages.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 1097), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 262. MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.262.htm#262.0335","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"52cb9f8ded70d4f1f4d5547b5de650309966fcb8c731746eba17fb3bc8430a44","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-262.0331","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-262.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}