By: Nelson S.B. No. 78
(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
March 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 27, 2017,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 78 By: Creighton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of state surplus or salvage data
processing equipment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 497.012(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If the department determines that it is economically
feasible, the department shall repair or refurbish the surplus or
salvage data processing equipment. The department shall sell the
repaired or refurbished data processing equipment, in the following
order of preference, to:
(1) a school district;
(2) [,] a state agency;
(3) [, or] a political subdivision of the state; or
(4) a statewide organization described by Section
264.603(a), Family Code, or a local volunteer advocate program, as
defined by Section 264.601, Family Code, for use by children or
youth in foster care [in that relative order of preference].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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