Bill Text: TX HB2382 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the operations and administration of the El Paso County Hospital District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2382 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2382-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2382
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2382 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 10, 3 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2382 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 41,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2382 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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