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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a county to advertise on leased |
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vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 263.251(a) and (b), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a |
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procedure by which the county may: |
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(1) lease to another entity advertising space located: |
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(A) in or on a building or part of a building |
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owned by the county; |
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(B) on a vehicle owned by the county; [or] |
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(C) on an official county website; or |
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(D) on a vehicle leased by the county, with the |
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vehicle owner's consent; or |
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(2) sell advertising space located on correspondence |
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distributed by the county through the United States Postal Service. |
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(b) The procedure must include a requirement that the county |
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publish, before a sale or lease of advertising space is made, a |
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notice of its intent to sell or lease the advertising space. The |
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notice must: |
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(1) be published: |
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(A) at least one time in a newspaper of general |
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circulation in the county not earlier than the 30th day or later |
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than the 14th day before the date the award of the sale or lease is |
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made; and |
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(B) on the county's official website |
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continuously for the 14 days immediately before the date the award |
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of the sale or lease is made; |
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(2) include a description of the advertising space, |
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including its location and a description of the part of any real or |
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personal property that the advertising space occupies; and |
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(3) include a description of the procedure by which |
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bids or proposals for the sale or lease may be submitted. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |