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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the 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) "Committee" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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3105.002. |
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(3) "Monument" means the Texas Police Service Animals |
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Memorial Monument. |
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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. The board shall establish a Texas Police Service Animals |
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Memorial Monument on the grounds of the Capitol Complex adjacent to |
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the 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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animal was killed in the line of duty. |
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Sec. 3107.003. MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT. (a) The board is |
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responsible for the maintenance of the monument. The board may |
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raise money from private or public entities for the continued |
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maintenance and update of the monument. The 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 the 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 the monument shall be deposited by the |
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board in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate |
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interest-bearing 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. |