By: Burkett (Senate Sponsor - Hall) H.B. No. 3244
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
  May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         LucioX
         BettencourtX
         CampbellX
         GarciaX
         MenéndezX
         NicholsX
         TaylorofGalvestonX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to authorizing broker agreements for the sale of real
  property held in trust by home-rule municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 253.014(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The governing body of a home-rule municipality may
  contract with a broker to sell a tract of real property that [is
  owned by] the municipality:
               (1)  owns; or
               (2)  holds in trust and has the authority to sell.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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