Bill Text: TX HB3178 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a broker for the sale or lease of real property by the Dallas County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB3178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3178-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3178 |
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relating to the use of a broker for the sale or lease of real | ||
property by the Dallas County Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.059 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.059. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; BROKER | ||
AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Broker" means a person licensed as a broker under | ||
Chapter 1101, Occupations Code. | ||
(2) "District" means the Dallas County Hospital | ||
District. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the Dallas County | ||
Hospital District may contract with a broker to lease or sell a | ||
tract of real property that is owned by the district. | ||
(c) The district may not contract with a broker who is | ||
related within the third degree of consanguinity, as determined | ||
under Chapter 573, Government Code, to: | ||
(1) a member of the board of hospital managers of the | ||
district; or | ||
(2) a public official who serves on the Dallas County | ||
Commissioners Court. | ||
(d) The district may pay a fee if a broker produces a ready, | ||
willing, and able buyer to purchase a tract of real property. | ||
(e) If a contract made under Subsection (b) requires a | ||
broker to list the tract of real property for sale for at least 30 | ||
days with a multiple-listing service used by other brokers in the | ||
county in which the real property is located, the district, on or | ||
after the 30th day after the date the property is listed, may sell | ||
the tract of real property to a ready, willing, and able buyer who | ||
is produced by any broker, including a broker described by | ||
Subsection (c), using the multiple-listing service and who submits | ||
the most advantageous offer. | ||
(f) The district must post a notice of intent to sell the | ||
real property in a newspaper of general circulation, not less than | ||
once, at least 14 days before the date the district accepts an offer | ||
produced by a broker. | ||
(g) The district may sell a tract of real property under | ||
this section without complying with the requirements of Section | ||
272.001, Local Government Code. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 5 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3178 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, | ||
4 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0, 1 present, not voting | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |