84R11027 PAM-D By: Burkett H.B. No. 3244 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to authorizing broker agreements for the sale of real property held in trust by home-rule municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 253.014(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may contract with a broker to sell a tract of real property that [is owned by] the municipality: (1) owns; or (2) holds in trust and has the authority to sell. 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, 2015.