H.B. No. 3178
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a broker for the sale or lease of real
  property by the Dallas County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 281.059 to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.059.  DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; BROKER
  AGREEMENTS AND FEES FOR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) In this
  section:
               (1)  "Broker" means a person licensed as a broker under
  Chapter 1101, Occupations Code.
               (2)  "District" means the Dallas County Hospital
  District.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the Dallas County
  Hospital District may contract with a broker to lease or sell a
  tract of real property that is owned by the district.
         (c)  The district may not contract with a broker who is
  related within the third degree of consanguinity, as determined
  under Chapter 573, Government Code, to:
               (1)  a member of the board of hospital managers of the
  district; or
               (2)  a public official who serves on the Dallas County
  Commissioners Court.
         (d)  The district may pay a fee if a broker produces a ready,
  willing, and able buyer to purchase a tract of real property.
         (e)  If a contract made under Subsection (b) requires a
  broker to list the tract of real property for sale for at least 30
  days with a multiple-listing service used by other brokers in the
  county in which the real property is located, the district, on or
  after the 30th day after the date the property is listed, may sell
  the tract of real property to a ready, willing, and able buyer who
  is produced by any broker, including a broker described by
  Subsection (c), using the multiple-listing service and who submits
  the most advantageous offer.
         (f)  The district must 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.
         (g)  The district may sell a tract of real property under
  this section without complying with the requirements of Section
  272.001, Local Government Code.
         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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 5 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3178 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0,
  4 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3178 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0, 1 present, not voting
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor