87R11267 SGM-D By: Swanson H.B. No. 3590 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the acceptance of donations by a county commissioners court for the performance of certain functions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 81.032, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 81.032. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. The commissioners court may accept a donation of labor or services, gift, grant, donation, bequest, or devise of money or other property on behalf of the county, including a donation under Chapter 38, Government Code, for the purpose of performing a function conferred by law on the county or a county officer, except a commissioners court may not use a donation described by this section for the administration of an election. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.