Bill Text: TX HB2762 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to broker agreements for the sale of certain surplus property by certain counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2762 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2762-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to broker agreements for the sale of certain surplus property by certain counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2762 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2762-Comm_Sub.html
By: Workman (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) | H.B. No. 2762 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; | ||
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to broker agreements for the sale of certain surplus | ||
property by a county. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 263.1545 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 263.1545. BROKER AGREEMENTS FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN | ||
SURPLUS PROPERTY. (a) This section applies only to surplus | ||
property that: | ||
(1) is owned by a county; | ||
(2) uses a high level of technology; | ||
(3) was used or will be used in connection with or for | ||
a highly specialized program; and | ||
(4) was purchased by the county for more than | ||
$250,000. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county may enter into a | ||
broker agreement to sell surplus property described by Subsection | ||
(a) with a broker who has the expertise necessary to negotiate the | ||
sale of the surplus property. The commissioners court may pay a fee | ||
to the broker if the broker produces a ready, willing, and able | ||
buyer to purchase the surplus property. | ||
(c) The commissioners court of a county may sell the surplus | ||
property to the ready, willing, and able buyer who submits the | ||
highest cash offer and is produced by the broker in accordance with | ||
the broker agreement. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioners court | ||
of a county may sell surplus property under this section without | ||
complying with the requirements for conducting a public auction, | ||
bidding, or trade-in under other law, including the requirements | ||
under Sections 263.152 and 263.153. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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