By: Callegari H.B. No. 2703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the published notice of auctions of surplus items by
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 263.153, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court shall publish notice of a sale
of surplus or salvage property in at least one newspaper of general
circulation in the county.
(b) The notice must be published on or after the 30th day but
before the 10th day before the date of the sale.
(c) A county that contracts with an auctioneer licensed
under Chapter 1802, Occupations Code, or who uses an Internet
auction site offering online bidding through the Internet under
chapter 1802.002, Occupations Code, to sell surplus or salvage
property under this subchapter [having an estimated value of not
more than $500] shall satisfy the notice requirement under this
section by posting the property on the site for at least 10 days
[unless the property is sold before the 10th day].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.