Sec. 284.013.  ANNUAL BUDGET.  (a)  The commissioners court, board of hospital managers, or hospital district board of directors shall provide in each annual hospital district budget for the payment of all operation and maintenance expenses of the hospital district.
(b)  In preparing the budget, the commissioners court or board may consider the estimated revenue and income from hospital facilities that will be available for paying operation and maintenance expenses after providing for all principal, interest, and reserve requirements in connection with the bonds.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.