Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1940 By Senator Smith 29-01232-11 20111940__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the sale or lease of a county, 3 district, or municipal hospital; amending s. 155.40, 4 F.S.; requiring the Legislature to approve the sale or 5 lease of a county, district, or municipal hospital to 6 a not-for-profit Florida corporation; providing an 7 effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsection (9) is added to section 155.40, 12 Florida Statutes, to read: 13 155.40 Sale or lease of county, district, or municipal 14 hospital; effect of sale.— 15 (9) The sale or lease of a county, district, or municipal 16 hospital to a not-for-profit Florida corporation must be 17 approved by the Legislature. 18 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.