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        relating to the disposition of state surplus or salvage data  | 
      
      
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        processing equipment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 497.012(b), Government Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  If the department determines that it is economically  | 
      
      
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        feasible, the department shall repair or refurbish the surplus or  | 
      
      
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        salvage data processing equipment.  The department shall sell the  | 
      
      
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        repaired or refurbished data processing equipment, in the following  | 
      
      
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        order of preference, to: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a school district; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  [,] a state agency; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  [, or] a political subdivision of the state; or | 
      
      
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                     (4)  a statewide organization described by Section  | 
      
      
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        264.603(a), Family Code, or a local volunteer advocate program, as  | 
      
      
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        defined by Section 264.601, Family Code, for use by children or  | 
      
      
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        youth in foster care [in that relative order of preference]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 78 passed the Senate on  | 
      
      
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        April 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 78 passed the House on  | 
      
      
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        May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two  | 
      
      
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        present not voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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        Approved: | 
      
      
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                  Governor |