Sec. 285.301. ESTABLISHMENT OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) A hospital district created under general or special law may form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, to own and operate all or part of one or more ancillary health care facilities consistent with the purposes of the district.
(b) The governing body of the hospital district shall appoint the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation formed under this section.
(c) The hospital district may contribute money to or solicit money for the nonprofit corporation. If the district contributes money to or solicits money for the corporation, the district shall establish procedures and controls sufficient to ensure that the money is used by the corporation for public purposes.
(d) A nonprofit corporation formed under this section has the same powers as a development corporation under Section 221.030.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 470 (H.B. 2168), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007.
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