By: Springer S.B. No. 1762
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of the 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) "Committee" has the meaning assigned by Section
3105.002.
(3) "Monument" means the Texas Police Service Animals
Memorial Monument.
(4) "Police service animal" has the meaning assigned by
Section 38.151, Penal Code.
Sec. 3107.002. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL
MONUMENT. The board shall establish a Texas Police Service Animals
Memorial Monument 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) The board is
responsible for the maintenance of the monument. The board may
raise money from private or public entities for the continued
maintenance and update of the monument. 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 the 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 the 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.