79R7583 KEG-F

By:  Giddings                                                     H.B. No. 1915



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of counties to sell or lease advertising 
space to another entity.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 263, Local Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subchapter F to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER F. ADVERTISING SPACE
	Sec. 263.251.  SALE OR LEASE OF ADVERTISING SPACE.  (a)  The 
commissioners court of a county may adopt a procedure by which the 
county may:
		(1)  lease to another entity advertising space located:                
			(A)  in or on a building or part of a building 
owned by the county; 
			(B)  on a vehicle owned by the county; or                             
			(C)  on an official county website; or                                
		(2)  sell advertising space located on correspondence 
distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service.
	(b)  The procedure must include a requirement that the county 
publish, before a sale or lease is made, a notice of its intent to 
sell or lease the advertising space.  The notice must:
		(1)  be published on the county's official website 
continuously for the 14 days immediately before the date the award 
of the sale or lease is made;
		(2)  include a description of the advertising space, 
including its location and a description of the part of any real or 
personal property that the advertising space occupies;  and
		(3)  include a description of the procedure by which 
bids or proposals for the sale or lease may be submitted.
	(c)  Under the procedure, the commissioners court may reject 
any and all bids or proposals submitted.
	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, 2005.