By: Hinojosa of Nueces  S.B. No. 2778          (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 3, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;   April 30, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,   Nays 0; April 30, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the amount of an expenditure that may be paid by an   emergency services district employee without board approval.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 775.073(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The board by resolution may allow a district employee   who has executed a bond in an amount equal to the amount required   for the district treasurer to sign an instrument to disburse   district funds.  An expenditure of more than $50,000 [$2,000] may   not be paid unless the expenditure is presented to the board and the   board approves the expenditure.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a purchase made on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   purchase made before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this   Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *