Sec. 223.003. HOSPITAL PROJECT COSTS. (a) Hospital project costs include costs related to:

(1) the acquisition of land, a right-of-way, an option to purchase land, an easement, or another interest in land related to a hospital project;

(2) the acquisition, construction, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of a structure to be used as or with a hospital project;

(3) site preparation, including demolishing or removing a structure the removal of which is necessary or incident to providing a hospital project;

(4) expenses necessary or incident to planning, providing, or determining the feasibility and practicability of a hospital project, including architectural, engineering, legal, and related services, plans and specifications, studios, surveys, and cost and revenue estimates;

(5) machinery, equipment, furniture, and facilities necessary or incident to the equipping of a hospital project for operation;

(6) financing charges and interest accruing before and during construction, and after completion of construction for not more than two years;

(7) the start-up of a hospital project during construction and after completion of construction for not more than two years;

(8) hospital project financing, including:

(A) legal, accounting, and appraisal fees, expenses, and disbursements;

(B) printing, engraving, and reproduction services; and

(C) an initial or acceptance fee of a trustee or paying agent;

(9) the provision of the hospital project by the issuer, including:

(A) costs incurred directly or indirectly by the issuer;

(B) reimbursement of reasonable sums to the issuer for time spent by its employees in providing the hospital project and its financing; and

(C) the appraisal obtained under Section 223.011(d)(2); and

(10) the authorization, preparation, sale, issuance, and delivery of bonds under this chapter, including:

(A) related fees, charges, and expenses;

(B) expenses and costs described by Section 223.029(b); and

(C) expenses incurred in carrying out a trust agreement relating to hospital project bonds.

(b) The listing of items of cost in Subsection (a) is not inclusive of all hospital costs.

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