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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a Texas Police Service Animals |
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Memorial Monument in the Capitol Complex. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 11, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 3107 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 3107. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL MONUMENT |
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Sec. 3107.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the State Preservation Board. |
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(2) "Capitol Complex" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 443.0071. |
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(3) "Monument" means a Texas Police Service Animals |
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Memorial Monument established under Section 3107.002. |
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(4) "Police service animal" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 38.151, Penal Code. |
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Sec. 3107.002. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL |
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MONUMENT. Subject to Section 443.0152, the board may establish a |
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Texas Police Service Animals Memorial Monument using board approval |
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procedures on the grounds of the Capitol Complex adjacent to the |
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Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument to recognize and honor |
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police service animals that were killed in the line of duty. |
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Sec. 3107.003. MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT. (a) If a monument |
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is established under Section 3107.002, the board is responsible for |
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the maintenance of the monument. The board may receive money from |
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private entities for the continued maintenance and update of the |
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monument. If a monument is established under Section 3107.002, the |
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board shall: |
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(1) establish a schedule for the maintenance of the |
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monument; and |
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(2) select persons to maintain the monument. |
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(b) An entity that collects funds for the maintenance and |
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improvement of a monument shall send that money to the board to be |
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deposited in the Capitol fund account. |
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Sec. 3107.004. ACCOUNT. (a) Money contributed to the state |
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for a purpose related to a monument shall be deposited by the board |
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in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate interest-bearing |
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account established for the monument. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, income from investments |
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of money in the account shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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account. |
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(c) Money in the account may be used only for the purposes |
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prescribed by Section 3107.003. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the House on April |
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7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1677 on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |