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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing broker agreements for the sale of real |
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property held in trust by home-rule municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 253.014(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may |
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contract with a broker to sell a tract of real property that [is
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owned by] the municipality: |
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(1) owns; or |
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(2) holds in trust and has the authority to sell. |
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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, 2015. |