H.B. No. 473

	AN ACT
	relating to procurement methods of the Ector County Hospital
	District for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or
	repair of certain projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1024.105, Special District Local Laws
	Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1024.105.  PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.  (a)
	The board may prescribe:
	(1)  the method of making purchases and expenditures by
	and for the district; and
	(2)  accounting and control procedures for the
	district.
	(b)  The board may act as a governmental entity under
	Subchapter H, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, for purposes of
	using the procurement procedures authorized by that chapter. For
	purposes of this subsection, notice under Section 271.112(d), Local
	Government Code, must be provided by the district in the same manner
	as provided for a conservation and reclamation district created
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	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, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 473 was passed by the House on April
	28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 473 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor