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Public commenter urges commissioners to seek Attorney General opinion on Titus County Hospital District sale/lease
Summary
During public comment Miss Croft asked the court to send questions to the Texas Attorney General about whether the Commissioners Court must approve any sale or lease of the Titus County Hospital District, citing Chapter 1107 and statute 263.029 and alleging the hospital's lawyers told her the county lacked that authority.
Miss Croft addressed the Commissioners Court during the public-comment period and urged the court to seek a formal opinion from the Texas Attorney General on the Titus County Hospital District’s authority to sell or lease the county hospital. She said she had delivered a packet of concerns to county staff and asked the court to review it thoroughly.
Croft cited a charter she described as “Chapter 1107” and referred to Texas statute “263.029,” arguing that state law vests authority over sale or lease decisions with the County Commissioners Court rather than the hospital board of managers. She said lawyers representing the hospital had advised the hospital’s board that the hospital did not have to follow the statute and called that a conflict of interest; she asked the court to forward her questions to the Attorney General for clarification.
The County Judge thanked Croft for her remarks; no court member announced an immediate referral or formal action to send the question to the Attorney General during the meeting. The comment concluded without a formal response from hospital representatives present in the room.
The transcript records Croft’s request and her citation of statutes by number; the court’s next steps on the request were not specified in the meeting record.
