Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.003

This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.003, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.

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§ 223.003. HOSPITAL PROJECT COSTS.

Official statutory text

(a) Hospital project costs include costs related to:

(1) the acquisition of land, a right-of-way, an option to purchase land, an easement, or another interest in land related to a hospital project;

(2) the acquisition, construction, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of a structure to be used as or with a hospital project;

(3) site preparation, including demolishing or removing a structure the removal of which is necessary or incident to providing a hospital project;

(4) expenses necessary or incident to planning, providing, or determining the feasibility and practicability of a hospital project, including architectural, engineering, legal, and related services, plans and specifications, studios, surveys, and cost and revenue estimates;

(5) machinery, equipment, furniture, and facilities necessary or incident to the equipping of a hospital project for operation;

(6) financing charges and interest accruing before and during construction, and after completion of construction for not more than two years;

(7) the start-up of a hospital project during construction and after completion of construction for not more than two years;

(8) hospital project financing, including:

(A) legal, accounting, and appraisal fees, expenses, and disbursements;

(B) printing, engraving, and reproduction services; and

(C) an initial or acceptance fee of a trustee or paying agent;

(9) the provision of the hospital project by the issuer, including:

(A) costs incurred directly or indirectly by the issuer;

(B) reimbursement of reasonable sums to the issuer for time spent by its employees in providing the hospital project and its financing; and

(C) the appraisal obtained under Section 223.011(d)(2); and

(10) the authorization, preparation, sale, issuance, and delivery of bonds under this chapter, including:

(A) related fees, charges, and expenses;

(B) expenses and costs described by Section 223.029(b); and

(C) expenses incurred in carrying out a trust agreement relating to hospital project bonds.

(b) The listing of items of cost in Subsection (a) is not inclusive of all hospital costs.

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