| 1 | 1 | | By: West S.B. No. 334 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed December 15, 2016; January 30, 2017, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | 4 | | Relations; May 2, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to broker agreements for the leasing of real property |
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| 12 | 12 | | owned by a county. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Sections 263.008(b), (c), (d), and (e), Local |
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| 15 | 15 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The commissioners court of a county may contract with a |
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| 17 | 17 | | broker to sell or lease a tract of real property that is owned by the |
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| 18 | 18 | | county. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The commissioners court of a county may pay a fee if a |
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| 20 | 20 | | broker produces a ready, willing, and able buyer or lessee to |
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| 21 | 21 | | purchase or lease a tract of real property. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (d) If a contract made under Subsection (b) requires a |
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| 23 | 23 | | broker to list the tract of real property for sale or lease for at |
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| 24 | 24 | | least 30 days with a multiple-listing service used by other brokers |
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| 25 | 25 | | in the county, the commissioners court on or after the 30th day |
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| 26 | 26 | | after the date the property is listed may sell or lease the tract of |
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| 27 | 27 | | real property to a ready, willing, and able buyer or lessee who is |
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| 28 | 28 | | produced by any broker using the multiple-listing service and who |
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| 29 | 29 | | submits the highest cash offer. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) The commissioners court may sell or lease a tract of |
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| 31 | 31 | | real property under this section without complying with the |
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| 32 | 32 | | requirements for conducting a public auction, including the |
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| 33 | 33 | | requirements prescribed by Section 263.001. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 39 | 39 | | * * * * * |
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