Bill Text: TX HB3439 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the donation of property from a state agency to an assistance organization or a local governmental entity.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3439 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3439-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3439 | ||
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| relating to the donation of property from a state agency to an | ||
| assistance organization or a local governmental entity. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2175.181, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2175.181. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies | ||
| to a state agency delegated the authority to dispose of surplus or | ||
| salvage property under Section 2175.065. | ||
| (b) This subchapter does not apply to property that is to be | ||
| donated under Section 2175.241. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2175.241, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2175.241. DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR | ||
| SALVAGE PROPERTY. (a) If the commission [ |
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| otherwise sell or dispose of property in accordance with this | ||
| chapter, [ |
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| or has determined that the state will sufficiently benefit from | ||
| donating the property, the property may be: | ||
| (1) destroyed as worthless salvage; or | ||
| (2) donated to an assistance organization or a local | ||
| governmental entity. | ||
| (b) A state agency may only donate surplus or salvage | ||
| property under this chapter that could be resold if the agency | ||
| notifies the commission and provides sufficient information for the | ||
| commission to be able to confirm the benefit to the state. | ||
| (c) The commission may charge the assistance organization | ||
| or local governmental entity that receives the donation an amount | ||
| sufficient to cover the costs associated with the donation, not to | ||
| exceed 10 percent of the item's market value. | ||
| (d) A state agency that donates property under this section | ||
| is responsible for notifying the comptroller of the donation and | ||
| any benefit received that must be reported. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2175.242(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Authorization by the commission is not required for the | ||
| deletion of salvage or donated items of another state agency from | ||
| the state property accounting records. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3439 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3439 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
