H.B. No. 1967 AN ACT relating to the contracting authority of the Collingsworth County Hospital District. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1014.106(b), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A purchase that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 252.021(a), Local Government Code, [$2,000] may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the House on April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1967 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor