Bill Text: TX HB2519 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts and the sale of district property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2519-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2519 |
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relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts and | ||
the sale of district property. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 775.073(a) and (d), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, district | ||
funds may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other | ||
instrument that: | ||
(1) is signed by at least a majority of the board's | ||
commissioners; or | ||
(2) is signed by the treasurer, or by the assistant | ||
treasurer if the treasurer is absent or unavailable, and | ||
countersigned by the president, or by the vice president if the | ||
president is absent or unavailable. | ||
(d) Any property, including an interest in property, | ||
purchased or leased using district funds, wholly or partly, must | ||
remain the property of the district, regardless of whether the | ||
property is used by a third party under a contract for services or | ||
otherwise, until the property is disposed of in accordance with | ||
Section 775.0735[ |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 775, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0735 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 775.0735. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. (a) The district | ||
may dispose of property owned by the district only by: | ||
(1) selling the property to a third party following | ||
the procedures authorized under Section 263.001, 263.007, or | ||
263.008, Local Government Code; | ||
(2) selling or disposing of the property following the | ||
procedures authorized under Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local | ||
Government Code; | ||
(3) selling or disposing of the property in accordance | ||
with Subchapter J; or | ||
(4) selling the property using an Internet auction | ||
site. | ||
(b) The district may contract with a private vendor to | ||
assist with the sale of the property. | ||
(c) The district shall sell the property using the method of | ||
sale that the board determines is the most advantageous to the | ||
district under the circumstances. The board shall adopt rules | ||
establishing guidelines for making that determination. | ||
(d) In using an Internet auction site to sell property under | ||
this section, the district shall post the property on the site for | ||
at least 10 days. | ||
(e) The district may reject any or all bids or proposals for | ||
the purchase of the property. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |