Sec. 282.043.  POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.  (a)  On the district's behalf, the board may hold, construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, regulate, sell, and convey land, property, a property right, equipment, a hospital facility, or a hospital system to maintain a district hospital, building, structure, or other facility.
(b)  The board may lease an existing hospital, equipment, or property used in connection with a district hospital and equipment at a rate the board considers proper.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.