Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.115
This is the official text of Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.115, part of Texas’s Special District Local Laws Code — consolidates the individual laws creating Texas's special-purpose local government districts.
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§ 1010.115. LEASES.
Official statutory text
(a) The district through the board may lease all or part of the buildings and facilities comprising the hospital system to any person on terms the board considers to be in the district's best interest. The term of a lease may not exceed 40 years.
(b) When leasing a building or other facility, the board may delegate as it considers appropriate the board's power to manage, control, and administer the leased buildings and facilities to furnish hospital care.
(c) For each leased building or other facility, the board shall provide that the lessee charges sufficient rates for services rendered or goods provided at the leased premise that together with other sources of the lessee's revenue produce an amount sufficient to enable the lessee to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the leased premise as the lessee is required to pay under the lease. The rates also must enable the lessee to pay lease rentals to the district that will be sufficient, when taken with any other source of the district's estimated revenue that are pledged for the same purpose, to:
(1) pay the interest on any revenue or special obligation bonds that are payable wholly or partly from the lease rentals;
(2) create and maintain a sinking fund to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on the bonds as they become due;
(3) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other fund as required by the bond resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and
(4) pay all other charges, fees, costs, and expenses that the lessee is required to pay under the resolution or indenture.
(d) The lease, management agreement, bond resolution, or trust indenture may prescribe systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the buildings and other facilities owned by the district. If all or part of the district's buildings or other facilities are leased, the district may delegate to the lessee the duty to establish the systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies needed for the operation of the leased premise.
(b) When leasing a building or other facility, the board may delegate as it considers appropriate the board's power to manage, control, and administer the leased buildings and facilities to furnish hospital care.
(c) For each leased building or other facility, the board shall provide that the lessee charges sufficient rates for services rendered or goods provided at the leased premise that together with other sources of the lessee's revenue produce an amount sufficient to enable the lessee to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the leased premise as the lessee is required to pay under the lease. The rates also must enable the lessee to pay lease rentals to the district that will be sufficient, when taken with any other source of the district's estimated revenue that are pledged for the same purpose, to:
(1) pay the interest on any revenue or special obligation bonds that are payable wholly or partly from the lease rentals;
(2) create and maintain a sinking fund to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on the bonds as they become due;
(3) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other fund as required by the bond resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and
(4) pay all other charges, fees, costs, and expenses that the lessee is required to pay under the resolution or indenture.
(d) The lease, management agreement, bond resolution, or trust indenture may prescribe systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the buildings and other facilities owned by the district. If all or part of the district's buildings or other facilities are leased, the district may delegate to the lessee the duty to establish the systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies needed for the operation of the leased premise.
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