Sec. 246.023.  MANDATORY ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN FACILITIES.  (a)  The commissioner shall issue a certificate of authority for a facility that:
(1)  was occupied by at least one resident on September 1, 1987; 
(2)  was under construction on September 1, 1987;  or
(3)  incurred substantial financial obligations before September 1, 1987, related to the development of the facility.
(b)  A certificate of authority issued under this section may be suspended or revoked as any other certificate.
(c)  This section prevails over Section 246.022.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.