Bill Text: TX HB1677 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a Texas Police Service Animals Memorial Monument in the Capitol Complex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1677-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1677 |
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relating to the establishment of a Texas Police Service Animals | ||
Memorial Monument in the Capitol Complex. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 3107 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 3107. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL MONUMENT | ||
Sec. 3107.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the State Preservation Board. | ||
(2) "Capitol Complex" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 443.0071. | ||
(3) "Monument" means a Texas Police Service Animals | ||
Memorial Monument established under Section 3107.002. | ||
(4) "Police service animal" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 38.151, Penal Code. | ||
Sec. 3107.002. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL | ||
MONUMENT. Subject to Section 443.0152, the board may establish a | ||
Texas Police Service Animals Memorial Monument using board approval | ||
procedures on the grounds of the Capitol Complex adjacent to the | ||
Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument to recognize and honor | ||
police service animals that were killed in the line of duty. | ||
Sec. 3107.003. MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT. (a) If a monument | ||
is established under Section 3107.002, the board is responsible for | ||
the maintenance of the monument. The board may receive money from | ||
private entities for the continued maintenance and update of the | ||
monument. If a monument is established under Section 3107.002, the | ||
board shall: | ||
(1) establish a schedule for the maintenance of the | ||
monument; and | ||
(2) select persons to maintain the monument. | ||
(b) An entity that collects funds for the maintenance and | ||
improvement of a monument shall send that money to the board to be | ||
deposited in the Capitol fund account. | ||
Sec. 3107.004. ACCOUNT. (a) Money contributed to the state | ||
for a purpose related to a monument shall be deposited by the board | ||
in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate interest-bearing | ||
account established for the monument. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, income from investments | ||
of money in the account shall be deposited to the credit of the | ||
account. | ||
(c) Money in the account may be used only for the purposes | ||
prescribed by Section 3107.003. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the House on April | ||
7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1677 on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |