H.B. No. 2519
AN ACT
relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts and
the sale of district property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 775.073(a) and (d), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, district
funds may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other
instrument that:
(1) is signed by at least a majority of the board's
commissioners; or
(2) is signed by the treasurer, or by the assistant
treasurer if the treasurer is absent or unavailable, and
countersigned by the president, or by the vice president if the
president is absent or unavailable.
(d) Any property, including an interest in property,
purchased or leased using district funds, wholly or partly, must
remain the property of the district, regardless of whether the
property is used by a third party under a contract for services or
otherwise, until the property is disposed of in accordance with
Section 775.0735[:
[(1) the property is sold to a third party following
the procedures authorized under Section 263.003, 263.007, or
263.008, Local Government Code; or
[(2) the property is disposed of in accordance with
Subchapter J].
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0735 to read as follows:
Sec. 775.0735. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. (a) The district
may dispose of property owned by the district only by:
(1) selling the property to a third party following
the procedures authorized under Section 263.001, 263.007, or
263.008, Local Government Code;
(2) selling or disposing of the property following the
procedures authorized under Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local
Government Code;
(3) selling or disposing of the property in accordance
with Subchapter J; or
(4) selling the property using an Internet auction
site.
(b) The district may contract with a private vendor to
assist with the sale of the property.
(c) The district shall sell the property using the method of
sale that the board determines is the most advantageous to the
district under the circumstances. The board shall adopt rules
establishing guidelines for making that determination.
(d) In using an Internet auction site to sell property under
this section, the district shall post the property on the site for
at least 10 days.
(e) The district may reject any or all bids or proposals for
the purchase of the property.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2519 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor