Name changes do not affect status of district or corporation
17 Name changes do not affect status of district or corporation
A change of name of a local health district or a statutory health corporation by an order does not operate—
to create a new legal entity, or
to prejudice or affect the identity of the body corporate constituted as a local health district or statutory health corporation or its continuity as a body corporate, or
to affect the property, or the rights or obligations, of the local health district or statutory health corporation, or
to render defective any legal proceedings by or against the local health district or statutory health corporation,
and any legal proceedings that could have been continued or commenced by or against the local health district or statutory health corporation by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name.
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