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  H.B. No. 2176
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the Lavaca Hospital District to lease
  district property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1051.107, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection
  (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b)  The board may lease all or part of the district's land, 
  buildings, and [other] facilities on terms considered to be in the
  best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease
  may not exceed 50 [25] years.
         (b-1)  A lease of the district's land to a private entity
  under Subsection (b) must include a provision that requires the
  lessee to indemnify the district for and exempt the district from
  any liability resulting from an act or omission of the lessee.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1051.107(b-1), Special District Local
  Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered
  into on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2176 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2176 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor