(a) Subject to Subchapter D and to approval by the commissioners court, the board may:
(1) construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, regulate, sell, exchange, and convey any land, property, property rights, equipment, hospital facilities and systems for the maintenance of hospitals, buildings, structures, and any other facility or service the district requires or has available to sell, lease, or exchange;
(2) cooperate and contract with any of the following to effect a power described by Subdivision (1):
(A) the United States government;
(B) this state;
(C) a municipality;
(D) a hospital district;
(E) a department of a governing body described by Subparagraphs (A)-(D); or
(F) a privately owned or operated hospital, corporate or otherwise, in the district; and
(3) provide office space, equipment, supplies, and services for the use of the Lubbock County medical examiner’s office for medical, hospital, or other purposes unrelated to a criminal investigation.
(b) A contract under Subsection (a)(2) must, in the opinion of the board and the commissioners court, be expedient and advantageous to the district under existing circumstances, and for fair and reasonable compensation and on terms and for a length of time that furthers and assists the district in performing its duty to provide medical and hospital care to needy inhabitants of Lubbock County.