Sec. 223.033. ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENTS  


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  • (a) An agreement made under this chapter may provide, in the event of default in the payment of the principal of, interest on, or any redemption premium for bonds subject to the agreement or in the performance of an agreement contained in the proceedings, mortgage, or instruments relating to the bonds, for enforcement of the payment or performance by:

    (1) mandamus; or

    (2) the appointment of a receiver in equity with power to charge and collect rates, rents, or contract payments and to apply the revenues from the hospital project in accordance with the resolution, mortgage, or instruments.

    (b) A mortgage to secure hospital project bonds may provide for foreclosure and the sale of the property secured by the mortgage on default in the mortgage payment or the violation of an agreement contained in the mortgage. The foreclosure and sale may occur under proceedings in equity or in any other manner permitted by law. The mortgage may provide that a trustee under the mortgage or the holder of any of the bonds secured by the mortgage may be the purchaser at a foreclosure sale if the trustee or bondholder is the highest bidder.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.