BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2703 |
By: Callegari |
County Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties report that counties are the only local governments in Texas currently required by state law to publish notice of an Internet auction of surplus or salvage property with maximum value of $500 if the property is sold before the 10th day. These parties also assert that specifying a maximum dollar amount in the law forces a county to hire an appraiser to establish the estimated value of such items. C.S.H.B. 2703 seeks to provide better fiscal efficiency at the county level and establish a uniform approach for local governments to conduct Internet auctions of surplus or salvage property items across the state by amending current law relating to the applicable notice requirements.
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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.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2703 amends the Local Government Code to include in the notice requirement for a sale of surplus or salvage property through an Internet auction site offering online bidding through the Internet a county that authorizes a county employee in the course and scope of the employee's duties to sell surplus or salvage property, in addition to a county that contracts with a licensed auctioneer to do so. The bill removes the condition that the surplus or salvage property have an estimated value of not more than $500 for a county to be required to satisfy the notice requirement by posting the property on the site for at least 10 days. The bill removes language excepting property sold before the 10th day from the requirement to post for at least 10 days.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2703 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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