Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB473 Senate Committee Report / Bill

Filed 02/01/2025

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                    By: Lewis (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 473
 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
 May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
 Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2009, reported favorably by
 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2009, sent to printer.)


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to procurement methods of the Ector County Hospital
 District for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or
 repair of certain projects.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1. Section 1024.105, Special District Local Laws
 Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 1024.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES. (a)
 The board may prescribe:
 (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by
 and for the district; and
 (2) accounting and control procedures for the
 district.
 (b)  The board may act as a governmental entity under
 Subchapter H, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, for purposes of
 using the procurement procedures authorized by that chapter. For
 purposes of this subsection, notice under Section 271.112(d), Local
 Government Code, must be provided by the district in the same manner
 as provided for a conservation and reclamation district created
 under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
 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, 2009.
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