BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 229 |
By: Guillen |
Homeland Security & Public Safety |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, certain state agencies must report surplus and salvage property to the Texas Facilities Commission for sale or public auction. Interested parties contend that, because of the rise of transnational criminal activity along the Texas-Mexico border, many underserved communities have an increased need for surplus law enforcement vehicles and equipment. C.S.H.B. 229 seeks to improve access to certain surplus property by certain local law enforcement agencies.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 229 amends the Government Code to authorize the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) to transfer surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment of the Department of Public Safety to a municipal or county law enforcement agency in an economically disadvantaged area of Texas at a price or for other consideration agreed to by the TFC and the agency if the TFC determines that the state's efforts to secure its international border and combat transnational crime will sufficiently benefit from the donation.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 229 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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