84R10056 KJE-F
 
  By: Coleman H.B. No. 2519
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts and
  the sale of district property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 775.073(a) and (d), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, district
  funds may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other
  instrument that:
               (1)  is signed by at least a majority of the board's
  commissioners; or
               (2)  is signed by the treasurer, or by the assistant
  treasurer if the treasurer is absent or unavailable, and
  countersigned by the president, or by the vice president if the
  president is absent or unavailable.
         (d)  Any property, including an interest in property,
  purchased or leased using district funds, wholly or partly, must
  remain the property of the district, regardless of whether the
  property is used by a third party under a contract for services or
  otherwise, until the property is disposed of in accordance with
  Section 775.0735[:
               [(1)     the property is sold to a third party following
  the procedures authorized under Section 263.003, 263.007, or
  263.008, Local Government Code; or
               [(2)     the property is disposed of in accordance with
  Subchapter J].
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0735 to read as follows:
         Sec. 775.0735.  DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. (a) The district
  may dispose of property owned by the district only by:
               (1)  selling the property to a third party following
  the procedures authorized under Section 263.001, 263.007, or
  263.008, Local Government Code;
               (2)  selling or disposing of the property following the
  procedures authorized under Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local
  Government Code;
               (3)  selling or disposing of the property in accordance
  with Subchapter J; or
               (4)  selling the property using an Internet auction
  site.
         (b)  The district may contract with a private vendor to
  assist with the sale of the property.
         (c)  The district shall sell the property using the method of
  sale that the board determines is the most advantageous to the
  district under the circumstances. The board shall adopt rules
  establishing guidelines for making that determination.
         (d)  In using an Internet auction site to sell property under
  this section, the district shall post the property on the site for
  at least 10 days.
         (e)  The district may reject any or all bids or proposals for
  the purchase of the property.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.