H.B. No. 22 




AN ACT

relating to the disposition of state agency surplus or salvage 
property.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2175.001(1), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
		(1)  "Assistance organization" means:                                         
			(A)  a nonprofit organization that provides 
educational, health, or human services or assistance to homeless 
individuals;
			(B)  a nonprofit food bank that solicits, 
warehouses, and redistributes edible but unmarketable food to an 
agency that feeds needy families and individuals;
			(C)  Texas Partners of the Americas, a registered 
agency with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, with 
the approval of the Partners of the Alliance office of the Agency 
for International Development;
			(D)  a group, including a faith-based group, that 
enters into a financial or nonfinancial agreement with a health or 
human services agency to provide services to that agency's clients;
			(E)  a local workforce development board created 
under Section 2308.253;   
			(F)  a nonprofit organization approved by the 
Supreme Court of Texas that provides free legal services for 
low-income households in civil matters;
			(G)  the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication 
Foundation, Inc., or an entity designated by the commissioner of 
agriculture as the foundation's successor entity under Section 
74.1011, Agriculture Code; [and]
			(H)  a nonprofit computer bank that solicits, 
stores, refurbishes, and redistributes used computer equipment to 
public school students and their families; and
			(I)  a nonprofit organization that provides 
affordable housing.     
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 2175, 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER E. DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR SALVAGE 
PROPERTY
	SECTION 3.  Section 2175.241, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2175.241.  DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR 
SALVAGE PROPERTY.  If the commission or a state agency cannot 
otherwise sell or dispose of property in accordance with this 
chapter or has determined that the property has no resale value, the 
property may be:
		(1)  destroyed as worthless salvage; or                         
		(2)  donated to an assistance organization.                            
	SECTION 4.  The heading to Section 2175.242, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2175.242.  REMOVAL OF DESTROYED OR DONATED PROPERTY 
FROM STATE PROPERTY ACCOUNTING RECORDS.
	SECTION 5.  Section 2175.242(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  On destruction or donation of property under this 
subchapter, the comptroller may remove the [destroyed] property 
from the state property accounting records.
	SECTION 6.  Section 2175.304, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  A university system or institution or agency of higher 
education may donate to an assistance organization any surplus or 
salvage property that:
		(1)  is not disposed of under Subsection (b); and                      
		(2)  has no resale value.                                              
	SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 22 was passed by the House on April 
14, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 22 was passed by the Senate on May 10, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor