Bill Text: TX SB832 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the operations and administration of the El Paso County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB832 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB832-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Blanco | S.B. No. 832 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2021; March 11, 2021, | ||
| read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; | ||
| April 27, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
| Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 27, 2021, | ||
| sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 832 | By: Zaffirini | |
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| relating to the operations and administration of the El Paso 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 281.060 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 281.060. EL PASO 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 El Paso County Hospital | ||
| District. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the El Paso County | ||
| Hospital District may contract with a broker to 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 El Paso 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. Section 281.0221, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
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