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  H.B. No. 3470
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to acceptance of donations and bequests by a commissioners
  court.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 81.032, Local Government Code, is
  amended as follows:
         Sec. 81.032.  ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.  The
  commissioners court may accept a donation of labor or services,
  gift, grant, donation, bequest, or devise of money or other
  property on behalf of the county, including a donation under
  Chapter 36, Government Code, for the purpose of performing a
  function conferred by law on the county or a county officer.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3470 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3470 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor