BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1967 By: Chisum County Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Collingsworth County Hospital District is authorized to make a purchase of up to $2,000 without advertising the proposed purchase in accordance with certain Local Government Code provisions. The district's enabling legislation was passed several decades ago and, with the increase in inflation, a dollar today is worth less than a dollar back then. Purchases made for a hospital are usually more technologically advanced and expensive, and many of the district's purchases are greater than $2,000. H.B. 1967 seeks to update applicable statute and allow the district to make a purchase of up to $50,000 without having to advertise. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1967 amends the Special District Local Laws Code, in a provision relating to the Collingsworth County Hospital District, to authorize a purchase that involves the expenditure of more than $50,000 as provided by a provision relating to competitive requirements for a municipal purchase, rather than of more than $2,000, to be made only after advertising in the manner provided by provisions relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of a municipality and the County Purchasing Act. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1967
By: Chisum
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1967
By: Chisum
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Collingsworth County Hospital District is authorized to make a purchase of up to $2,000 without advertising the proposed purchase in accordance with certain Local Government Code provisions. The district's enabling legislation was passed several decades ago and, with the increase in inflation, a dollar today is worth less than a dollar back then. Purchases made for a hospital are usually more technologically advanced and expensive, and many of the district's purchases are greater than $2,000. H.B. 1967 seeks to update applicable statute and allow the district to make a purchase of up to $50,000 without having to advertise.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1967 amends the Special District Local Laws Code, in a provision relating to the Collingsworth County Hospital District, to authorize a purchase that involves the expenditure of more than $50,000 as provided by a provision relating to competitive requirements for a municipal purchase, rather than of more than $2,000, to be made only after advertising in the manner provided by provisions relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of a municipality and the County Purchasing Act.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, the Collingsworth County Hospital District is authorized to make a purchase of up to $2,000 without advertising the proposed purchase in accordance with certain Local Government Code provisions. The district's enabling legislation was passed several decades ago and, with the increase in inflation, a dollar today is worth less than a dollar back then. Purchases made for a hospital are usually more technologically advanced and expensive, and many of the district's purchases are greater than $2,000. H.B. 1967 seeks to update applicable statute and allow the district to make a purchase of up to $50,000 without having to advertise.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1967 amends the Special District Local Laws Code, in a provision relating to the Collingsworth County Hospital District, to authorize a purchase that involves the expenditure of more than $50,000 as provided by a provision relating to competitive requirements for a municipal purchase, rather than of more than $2,000, to be made only after advertising in the manner provided by provisions relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of a municipality and the County Purchasing Act.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2011.