H.B. No. 3178
AN ACT
relating to the use of a broker for the sale or lease of real
property by the Dallas County Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 281.059. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; BROKER
AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Broker" means a person licensed as a broker under
Chapter 1101, Occupations Code.
(2) "District" means the Dallas County Hospital
District.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the Dallas County
Hospital District may contract with a broker to lease or sell a
tract of real property that is owned by the district.
(c) The district may not contract with a broker who is
related within the third degree of consanguinity, as determined
under Chapter 573, Government Code, to:
(1) a member of the board of hospital managers of the
district; or
(2) a public official who serves on the Dallas County
Commissioners Court.
(d) The district may pay a fee if a broker produces a ready,
willing, and able buyer to purchase a tract of real property.
(e) If a contract made under Subsection (b) requires a
broker to list the tract of real property for sale for at least 30
days with a multiple-listing service used by other brokers in the
county in which the real property is located, the district, on or
after the 30th day after the date the property is listed, may sell
the tract of real property to a ready, willing, and able buyer who
is produced by any broker, including a broker described by
Subsection (c), using the multiple-listing service and who submits
the most advantageous offer.
(f) The district must post a notice of intent to sell the
real property in a newspaper of general circulation, not less than
once, at least 14 days before the date the district accepts an offer
produced by a broker.
(g) The district may sell a tract of real property under
this section without complying with the requirements of Section
272.001, Local Government Code.
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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the House on May 4,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 5 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3178 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0,
4 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor