| 1 | 1 | | 89R13266 CS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1713 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the authority of a county to dispose of surplus and |
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| 10 | 10 | | salvage property to a civic or charitable organization. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 263.152(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The commissioners court of a county may: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) periodically sell the county's surplus or salvage |
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| 16 | 16 | | property by competitive bid or auction, except that competitive |
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| 17 | 17 | | bidding or an auction is not necessary if the purchaser is another |
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| 18 | 18 | | county or a political subdivision within the county that is selling |
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| 19 | 19 | | the surplus or salvage property; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) offer the property as a trade-in for new property |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the same general type if the commissioners court considers that |
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| 22 | 22 | | action to be in the best interests of the county; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) order any of the property to be destroyed or |
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| 24 | 24 | | otherwise disposed of as worthless if the commissioners court |
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| 25 | 25 | | undertakes to sell that property under Subdivision (1) and is |
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| 26 | 26 | | unable to do so because no bids are made; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) dispose of the property by donating it to a civic |
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| 28 | 28 | | or charitable organization located in the county if the |
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| 29 | 29 | | commissioners court determines that: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) [undertaking to sell the property under |
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| 31 | 31 | | Subdivision (1) would likely result in no bids or a bid price that |
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| 32 | 32 | | is less than the county's expenses required for the bid process; |
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| 33 | 33 | | [(B)] the donation serves a public purpose; [and] |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) the county can retain sufficient control over |
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| 35 | 35 | | the donation process to ensure that the public purpose of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | donation is accomplished; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) the organization will provide the county with |
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| 38 | 38 | | adequate consideration, such as relieving the county of |
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| 39 | 39 | | transportation or disposal expenses related to the property; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) transfer gambling equipment in the possession of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the county following its forfeiture to the state to the Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Facilities Commission for sale under Section 2175.904, Government |
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| 43 | 43 | | Code; or |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) order any vehicle retired under a program designed |
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| 45 | 45 | | to encourage the use of low-emission vehicles to be crushed and |
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| 46 | 46 | | recycled, if practicable, without a competitive bid or auction. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 48 | 48 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 49 | 49 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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