This chapter applies only to a county that:

1. (1) is not served by a hospital district;
2. (2) has a population of more than 250,000; and
3. (3) borders the Neches River.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (H.B. 4835), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.