H.B. No. 594
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to procedures for the dissolution of a county hospital
  authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 264, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 264.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 264.004.  DISSOLUTION. (a) The commissioners court of
  a county by order may dissolve an authority created by the
  commissioners court if the commissioners court and the authority
  provide for the sale or transfer of the authority's assets and
  liabilities to the county.
         (b)  The dissolution of an authority and the sale or transfer
  of the authority's assets and liabilities may not:
               (1)  violate a trust indenture or bond resolution
  relating to the outstanding bonds of the authority; or
               (2)  diminish or impair the rights of the holders of
  outstanding bonds, warrants, or other obligations of the authority.
         (c)  An order dissolving an authority takes effect on the
  31st day after the date the commissioners court adopts the order.
         (d)  All records of the authority remaining when the
  authority is dissolved shall be transferred to the county clerk of
  the county in which the authority is located.
         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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 594 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 594 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor