Amend SB 1458 on third reading by adding an appropriately
numbered article to the bill to read as follows:
ARTICLE__. TRANSFER OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO STUDENTS
      SECTION __.01. Chapter 32, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
 SUBCHAPTER C.  TRANSFER OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO STUDENTS
      Sec. 32.101.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "data
processing" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003,
Government Code.
      Sec. 32.102.  AUTHORITY.  (a)  As provided by this
subchapter, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may
transfer to a student enrolled in the district or school:
            (1)  any data processing equipment donated to the
district or school, including equipment donated by:
                  (A)  a private donor; or
                  (B)  a state eleemosynary institution or a state
agency under Section 2175.126, Government Code;
            (2)  any equipment purchased by the district or school,
to the extent consistent with Section 32.105; and
            (3)  any surplus or salvage equipment owned by the
district or school.
      (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
accept:
            (1)  donations of data processing equipment for
transfer under this subchapter; and
            (2)  any gifts, grants, or donations of money or
services to purchase, refurbish, or repair data processing
equipment under this subchapter.
      Sec. 32.103.  ELIGIBILITY; PREFERENCE.  (a)  A student is
eligible to receive data processing equipment under this subchapter
only if the student does not otherwise have home access to data
processing equipment, as determined by the student's school
district or open-enrollment charter school.
      (b)  In transferring data processing equipment to students, a
school district or open-enrollment charter school shall give
preference to educationally disadvantaged students.
      Sec. 32.104.  REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER.  Before transferring
data processing equipment to a student, a school district or
open-enrollment charter school must:
            (1)  adopt rules governing transfers under this
subchapter, including provisions for technical assistance to the
student by the district or school;
            (2)  determine that the transfer serves a public
purpose and benefits the district or school; and
            (3)  remove from the equipment any offensive,
confidential, or proprietary information, as determined by the
district or school.
      Sec. 32.105.  EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.  A school district
or open-enrollment charter school may spend public funds to:
            (1)  purchase, refurbish, or repair any data processing
equipment transferred to a student under this subchapter; and
            (2)  store, transport, or transfer data processing
equipment under this subchapter.
      Sec. 32.106.  RETURN OF EQUIPMENT.  (a)  Except as provided
by Subsection (b), a student who receives data processing equipment
from a school district or open-enrollment charter school  under
this subchapter shall return the equipment to the district or
school not later than the earliest of:
            (1)  five years after the date the student receives the
equipment;
            (2)  the date the student graduates;
            (3)  the date the student transfers to another school
district or open-enrollment charter school; or
            (4)  the date the student withdraws from school.
      (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply if, at the time the
student is required to return the data processing equipment under
that subsection, the district or school determines that the
equipment has no marketable value.
      SECTION __.02.  Section 2175.126, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      Sec. 2175.126.  DISPOSITION OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT.
(a)  If a disposition of a state agency's surplus or salvage data
processing equipment is not made under this subchapter, the state
agency shall transfer the equipment to a school district or
open-enrollment charter school in this state under Subchapter C,
Chapter 32, Education Code, or to the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.  The state agency may not collect a fee or other
reimbursement from the district, the school, or the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for the surplus or salvage data
processing equipment.
      (b)  If a disposition of the surplus or salvage data
processing equipment of a state eleemosynary institution or an
institution or agency of higher education is not made under other
law, the institution or agency shall transfer the equipment to a
school district or open-enrollment charter school in this state
under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Education Code, or to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.  The institution or agency may not
collect a fee or other reimbursement from the district, the school,
or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the surplus or
salvage data processing equipment.