H.B. No. 22 




AN ACT
relating to the disposition of state agency surplus or salvage property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2175.001(1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) "Assistance organization" means: (A) a nonprofit organization that provides educational, health, or human services or assistance to homeless individuals; (B) a nonprofit food bank that solicits, warehouses, and redistributes edible but unmarketable food to an agency that feeds needy families and individuals; (C) Texas Partners of the Americas, a registered agency with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, with the approval of the Partners of the Alliance office of the Agency for International Development; (D) a group, including a faith-based group, that enters into a financial or nonfinancial agreement with a health or human services agency to provide services to that agency's clients; (E) a local workforce development board created under Section 2308.253; (F) a nonprofit organization approved by the Supreme Court of Texas that provides free legal services for low-income households in civil matters; (G) the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., or an entity designated by the commissioner of agriculture as the foundation's successor entity under Section 74.1011, Agriculture Code; [and] (H) a nonprofit computer bank that solicits, stores, refurbishes, and redistributes used computer equipment to public school students and their families; and (I) a nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing. SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 2175, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR SALVAGE PROPERTY
SECTION 3. Section 2175.241, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2175.241. DESTRUCTION OR DONATION OF SURPLUS OR SALVAGE PROPERTY. If the commission or a state agency cannot otherwise sell or dispose of property in accordance with this chapter or has determined that the property has no resale value, the property may be: (1) destroyed as worthless salvage; or (2) donated to an assistance organization. SECTION 4. The heading to Section 2175.242, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2175.242. REMOVAL OF DESTROYED OR DONATED PROPERTY FROM STATE PROPERTY ACCOUNTING RECORDS. SECTION 5. Section 2175.242(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) On destruction or donation of property under this subchapter, the comptroller may remove the [destroyed] property from the state property accounting records. SECTION 6. Section 2175.304, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A university system or institution or agency of higher education may donate to an assistance organization any surplus or salvage property that: (1) is not disposed of under Subsection (b); and (2) has no resale value. SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 22 was passed by the House on April 14, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 22 was passed by the Senate on May 10, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor