By: Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3470
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
  May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to
  printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.
 
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