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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disposition of surplus information technology |
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equipment by the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2054.1305 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2054.1305. REQUIRED CONTRACT TERMS RELATING TO |
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. (a) The department shall |
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develop recommendations for contract terms requiring the vendor of |
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information technology equipment to take back for recycling |
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equipment that is not disposed of under Chapter 2175 or other law |
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without cost to the state agency purchasing the equipment. |
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(b) A state agency shall include terms recommended under |
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Subsection (a) in a contract entered into by the agency for |
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information technology equipment. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2175.128, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2175.128. DISPOSITION OF DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. |
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(a) If a disposition of a state agency's surplus or salvage data |
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processing equipment is not made under Section 2175.125 or |
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2175.184, the state agency shall transfer the equipment to: |
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(1) a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school in this state under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Education |
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Code; or |
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(2) an assistance organization specified by the school |
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district[; or
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[(3) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice]. |
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(b) If a disposition of the surplus or salvage data |
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processing equipment of a state eleemosynary institution or an |
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institution or agency of higher education is not made under other |
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law, the institution or agency shall transfer the equipment to: |
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(1) a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school in this state under Subchapter C, Chapter 32, Education |
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Code; or |
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(2) an assistance organization specified by the school |
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district[; or
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[(3) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice]. |
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(c) The state eleemosynary institution or institution or |
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agency of higher education or other state agency may not collect a |
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fee or other reimbursement from the district, the school, or the |
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assistance organization[, or the Texas Department of Criminal
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Justice] for the surplus or salvage data processing equipment |
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transferred under this section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 497.012, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable, and not later than |
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May 1, 2010, the Department of Information Resources shall develop |
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the terms required by Section 2054.1305, Government Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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(b) A state agency is not required to comply with Section |
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2054.1305, Government Code, as added by this Act, until September |
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1, 2010. |
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SECTION 5. On the effective date of this Act, surplus data |
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processing equipment that had been or was scheduled to be |
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transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under |
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Section 497.012, Government Code, shall be transferred to the Texas |
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Facilities Commission for disposition under Chapter 2175, |
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Government Code. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |