Texas Health and Safety Code 285.151 – Assets Transferred On Dissolution
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 285.151
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Notwithstanding any general or special law, if a hospital district is dissolved and the money or other assets of the district are transferred to a county or other governmental entity under a process established in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, the governmental entity shall use all transferred assets to:
(1) pay the outstanding debts and obligations of the district relating to the assets at the time of the transfer, if any; and
(2) furnish medical and hospital care for indigent persons who reside in the territory within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity.