Bill Text: TX HB2703 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to notice of a sale of surplus or salvage property by counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2703 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2703-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Callegari | H.B. No. 2703 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2703: | |||
| By: Farias | C.S.H.B. No. 2703 | ||
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| relating to notice of a sale of surplus or salvage property by | ||
| counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 263.153(a) and (c), Local Government | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [ |
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| commissioners court shall publish notice of a sale of surplus or | ||
| salvage property in at least one newspaper of general circulation | ||
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| (c) A county that contracts with an auctioneer licensed | ||
| under Chapter 1802, Occupations Code, or that authorizes a county | ||
| employee in the course and scope of the employee's duties, [ |
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| through an Internet auction site offering online bidding through | ||
| the Internet [ |
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| satisfy the notice requirement under this section by posting the | ||
| property on the site for at least 10 days [ |
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| 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, 2013. | ||
