By Davila H.B. No. 1572 75R12495 RJA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to disposal of certain property by a charitable 1-3 organization. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Title 132, Revised Statutes, is amended by adding 1-6 Article 9023d to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 9023d. DISPOSAL OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT BY CHARITABLE 1-8 ORGANIZATION. (a) In this article: 1-9 (1) "Computer equipment" includes computers, 1-10 telecommunications devices and systems, automated information 1-11 systems, and peripheral devices and hardware that are necessary to 1-12 the efficient installation and operation of that equipment, but 1-13 does not include computer software. 1-14 (2) "Charitable organization" has the meaning assigned 1-15 by Section 84.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. 1-16 (b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d) of this 1-17 article, a charitable organization that expends funds received from 1-18 the state, whether by appropriation, grant, or otherwise, to 1-19 purchase computer equipment may not dispose of or discard the 1-20 equipment before the fourth anniversary of the date the 1-21 organization purchased the equipment. 1-22 (c) This article does not prohibit: 1-23 (1) the sale or trade of computer equipment; or 1-24 (2) the disposal of equipment that is not operational. 2-1 (d) A charitable organization may dispose of computer 2-2 equipment purchased with state funds within the four-year period 2-3 after the date of purchase by donating the equipment to another 2-4 charitable organization. 2-5 (e) This article applies only to computer equipment that a 2-6 charitable organization purchases for at least $500. 2-7 (f) The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this 2-8 article. 2-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and 2-10 applies only to computer equipment purchased by a charitable 2-11 organization on or after that date. 2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.