88R22438 MPF-F
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 4844
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4844:
 
  By:  Rosenthal C.S.H.B. No. 4844
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a broker for the sale of real property by the
  Nueces 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 281.061 to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.061.  NUECES 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 Nueces County Hospital
  District.
               (3)  "Fair market value" means the price that a
  property would bring in an arms-length transaction when offered for
  sale by a person who wishes, but is not obliged, to sell the
  property and when bought by a person who is under no necessity of
  buying the property.  The value shall be determined as if the
  property were available for immediate possession and for use for
  any reasonable purpose.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the Nueces County
  Hospital District may contract with a broker to 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 or affinity, 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 Nueces 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 with whom the district may contract under
  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 30 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.
         (h)  The district may not sell a tract of real property under
  this section for less than the fair market value of the tract of
  real property, as determined by an independent appraisal prepared
  by an appraiser certified under Chapter 1103, Occupations Code, and
  obtained by the district in accordance with Subsection (j).
         (i)  The district may not sell a tract of real property under
  this section to a buyer who: 
               (1)  is related within the third degree of
  consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573,
  Government Code, to: 
                     (A)  a member of the board of hospital managers of
  the district;
                     (B)  a public official who serves on the Nueces
  County Commissioners Court; or
                     (C)  the broker for the sale; or
               (2)  has a business or financial relationship with a
  member of the board of hospital managers of the district or a public
  official who serves on the Nueces County Commissioners Court that
  could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
  judgment of the member or public official.
         (j)  The district may not obtain an appraisal under
  Subsection (h) from an appraiser who is related within the third
  degree of consanguinity or affinity, 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 Nueces County
  Commissioners Court.
         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, 2023.