BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 1967

By: Chisum

County Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Currently, the Collingsworth County Hospital District is authorized to make a purchase of up to $2,000 without advertising the proposed purchase in accordance with certain Local Government Code provisions. The district's enabling legislation was passed several decades ago and, with the increase in inflation, a dollar today is worth less than a dollar back then. Purchases made for a hospital are usually more technologically advanced and expensive, and many of the district's purchases are greater than $2,000.  H.B. 1967 seeks to update applicable statute and allow the district to make a purchase of up to $50,000 without having to advertise.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 1967 amends the Special District Local Laws Code, in a provision relating to the Collingsworth County Hospital District, to authorize a purchase that involves the expenditure of more than $50,000 as provided by a provision relating to competitive requirements for a municipal purchase, rather than of more than $2,000, to be made only after advertising in the manner provided by provisions relating to the purchasing and contracting authority of a municipality and the County Purchasing Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2011.