By Shapleigh S.B. No. 927 77R6458 BDH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer or donation of data processing equipment 1-3 to certain public school students. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Education Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subchapter C to read as follows: 1-7 SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSFER OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO STUDENTS 1-8 Sec. 32.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "data 1-9 processing" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003, 1-10 Government Code. 1-11 Sec. 32.102. AUTHORITY. (a) As provided by this 1-12 subchapter, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may 1-13 transfer to a student enrolled in the district or school: 1-14 (1) any data processing equipment donated to the 1-15 district or school, including equipment donated by: 1-16 (A) a private donor; or 1-17 (B) a state eleemosynary institution or a state 1-18 agency under Section 2175.126, Government Code; 1-19 (2) any equipment purchased by the district or school, 1-20 to the extent consistent with Section 32.105; and 1-21 (3) any surplus or salvage equipment owned by the 1-22 district or school. 1-23 (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may 1-24 accept: 2-1 (1) donations of data processing equipment for 2-2 transfer under this subchapter; and 2-3 (2) any gifts, grants, or donations of money or 2-4 services to purchase, refurbish, or repair data processing 2-5 equipment under this subchapter. 2-6 Sec. 32.103. ELIGIBILITY; PREFERENCE. (a) A student is 2-7 eligible to receive data processing equipment under this subchapter 2-8 only if the student does not otherwise have home access to data 2-9 processing equipment, as determined by the student's school 2-10 district or open-enrollment charter school. 2-11 (b) In transferring data processing equipment to students, a 2-12 school district or open-enrollment charter school shall give 2-13 preference to educationally disadvantaged students. 2-14 Sec. 32.104. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER. Before transferring 2-15 data processing equipment to a student, a school district or 2-16 open-enrollment charter school must: 2-17 (1) adopt rules governing transfers under this 2-18 subchapter, including provisions for technical assistance to the 2-19 student by the district or school; 2-20 (2) determine that the transfer serves a public 2-21 purpose and benefits the district or school; and 2-22 (3) remove from the equipment any offensive, 2-23 confidential, or proprietary information, as determined by the 2-24 district or school. 2-25 Sec. 32.105. EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. A school district 2-26 or open-enrollment charter school may spend public funds to: 2-27 (1) purchase, refurbish, or repair any data processing 3-1 equipment transferred to a student under this subchapter; and 3-2 (2) store, transport, or transfer data processing 3-3 equipment under this subchapter. 3-4 Sec. 32.106. RETURN OF EQUIPMENT. (a) Except as provided 3-5 by Subsection (b), a student who receives data processing equipment 3-6 from a school district or open-enrollment charter school under 3-7 this subchapter shall return the equipment to the district or 3-8 school not later than the earliest of: 3-9 (1) five years after the date the student receives the 3-10 equipment; 3-11 (2) the date the student graduates; 3-12 (3) the date the student transfers to another school 3-13 district or open-enrollment charter school; or 3-14 (4) the date the student withdraws from school. 3-15 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if, at the time the 3-16 student is required to return the data processing equipment under 3-17 that subsection, the district or school determines that the 3-18 equipment has no marketable value. 3-19 SECTION 2. Section 2175.126, Government Code, is amended to 3-20 read as follows: 3-21 Sec. 2175.126. DISPOSITION OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. 3-22 (a) If a disposition of a state agency's surplus or salvage data 3-23 processing equipment is not made under this subchapter, the state 3-24 agency shall transfer the equipment to a school district or 3-25 open-enrollment charter school in this state under Subchapter C, 3-26 Chapter 32, Education Code, or to the Texas Department of Criminal 3-27 Justice. The state agency may not collect a fee or other 4-1 reimbursement from the district, the school, or the Texas 4-2 Department of Criminal Justice for the surplus or salvage data 4-3 processing equipment. 4-4 (b) If a disposition of the surplus or salvage data 4-5 processing equipment of a state eleemosynary institution or an 4-6 institution or agency of higher education is not made under other 4-7 law, the institution or agency shall transfer the equipment to a 4-8 school district or open-enrollment charter school in this state 4-9 under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Education Code, or to the Texas 4-10 Department of Criminal Justice. The institution or agency may not 4-11 collect a fee or other reimbursement from the district, the school, 4-12 or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the surplus or 4-13 salvage data processing equipment. 4-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 4-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 4-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 4-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 4-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.