By: Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 1967 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.) A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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. * * * * *