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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

H.B. 2382

By: Moody

County Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Under current law, the El Paso County Hospital District may not make use of a licensed real estate broker to sell real property owned by the district. H.B. 2382 seeks to remedy this issue by authorizing the El Paso County Hospital District to contract with a broker to sell a tract of property owned by the district and provides for the sale of such property.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

 

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.

 

ANALYSIS

 

H.B. 2382 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the El Paso County Hospital District to contract with a licensed real estate broker to sell a tract of real property that is owned by the district. The bill prohibits the district from contracting with a broker who is related within the third degree of consanguinity to a member of the district's board of hospital managers or to a public official who serves on the El Paso County Commissioners Court.

 

H.B. 2382 authorizes the district to pay a fee if a broker produces a ready, willing, and able buyer to purchase a tract of real property and sets out provisions relating to the use of a multiple-listing service to sell the real property.

 

H.B. 2382 requires the district to post a notice of intent to sell the real property in a newspaper of general circulation, not less than once, at least 14 days before the date the district accepts an offer produced by a broker. The bill authorizes the district to sell a tract of real property under the bill's provisions without complying with certain notice and bidding requirements applicable to the sale or exchange of land by a political subdivision.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2021.