83R18562 SCL-D
By: Callegari H.B. No. 2703
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2703:
By: Farias C.S.H.B. No. 2703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a sale of surplus or salvage property by
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 263.153(a) and (c), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [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.
(c) A county that contracts with an auctioneer licensed
under Chapter 1802, Occupations Code, or that authorizes a county
employee in the course and scope of the employee's duties, [who uses
an Internet auction site offering online bidding through the
Internet] to sell surplus or salvage property under this subchapter
through an Internet auction site offering online bidding through
the Internet [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 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, 2013.