86R14085 JTS-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 3430
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of a retired county law enforcement dog.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 263.152(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court of a county may:
(1) periodically sell the county's surplus or salvage
property by competitive bid or auction, except that competitive
bidding or an auction is not necessary if the purchaser is another
county or a political subdivision within the county that is selling
the surplus or salvage property;
(2) offer the property as a trade-in for new property
of the same general type if the commissioners court considers that
action to be in the best interests of the county;
(3) order any of the property to be destroyed or
otherwise disposed of as worthless if the commissioners court
undertakes to sell that property under Subdivision (1) and is
unable to do so because no bids are made;
(4) dispose of the property by donating it to a civic
or charitable organization located in the county if the
commissioners court determines that:
(A) undertaking to sell the property under
Subdivision (1) would likely result in no bids or a bid price that
is less than the county's expenses required for the bid process;
(B) the donation serves a public purpose; and
(C) the organization will provide the county with
adequate consideration, such as relieving the county of
transportation or disposal expenses related to the property;
(5) transfer gambling equipment in the possession of
the county following its forfeiture to the state to the Texas
Facilities [Building and Procurement] Commission for sale under
Section 2175.904, Government Code; [or]
(6) order any vehicle retired under a program designed
to encourage the use of low-emission vehicles to be crushed and
recycled, if practicable, without a competitive bid or auction; or
(7) by order or resolution, transfer a retired law
enforcement dog as provided by Section 263.159.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 263.159 to read as follows:
Sec. 263.159. TRANSFER OF RETIRED COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
DOG. (a) The commissioners court of a county may transfer a county
law enforcement dog that is:
(1) at the end of the dog's working life; or
(2) otherwise surplus to the needs of the county.
(b) The commissioners court may transfer a county law
enforcement dog described by Subsection (a) only to:
(1) the dog's current or former handler; or
(2) another current or former law enforcement officer.
(c) A transfer under this section:
(1) may be made without charge to the transferee if the
transferee agrees to house and otherwise care for the dog; and
(2) must be made in a manner that is in the best
interest of the dog and the county, as determined by the county.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.