By: Nelson S.B. No. 78

(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; March 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 27, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 78 By: Creighton

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disposition of state surplus or salvage data processing equipment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 497.012(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) If the department determines that it is economically feasible, the department shall repair or refurbish the surplus or salvage data processing equipment. The department shall sell the repaired or refurbished data processing equipment, in the following order of preference, to:

(1) a school district;

(2) [,] a state agency;

(3) [, or] a political subdivision of the state; or

(4) a statewide organization described by Section 264.603(a), Family Code, or a local volunteer advocate program, as defined by Section 264.601, Family Code, for use by children or youth in foster care [in that relative order of preference].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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