1-1     By:  Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                  H.B. No. 521
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the donation of certain property and equipment of the
 1-9     Maverick County Hospital District.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 11(p), Chapter 172, Acts of the 59th
1-12     Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended to read as follows:
1-13           (p)  The Board may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of
1-14     property, facilities, or equipment on behalf of the District.  Sale
1-15     or other disposal of the property, facilities, or equipment must be
1-16     at a public sale and at a price and on the terms the Board
1-17     determines are most advantageous to the District.  The Board may
1-18     donate [surplus personal property or equipment] to another
1-19     governmental entity or to any charitable organization any surplus
1-20     personal property or equipment if the donation serves a public
1-21     purpose and is accompanied by adequate consideration.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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