H.B. No. 1677
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a Texas Police Service Animals
  Memorial Monument in the Capitol Complex.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 11, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 3107 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 3107. TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL MONUMENT
         Sec. 3107.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Board" means the State Preservation Board.
               (2)  "Capitol Complex" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 443.0071.
               (3)  "Monument" means a Texas Police Service Animals
  Memorial Monument established under Section 3107.002.
               (4)  "Police service animal" has the meaning assigned
  by Section 38.151, Penal Code.
         Sec. 3107.002.  TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL
  MONUMENT. Subject to Section 443.0152, the board may establish a
  Texas Police Service Animals Memorial Monument using board approval
  procedures on the grounds of the Capitol Complex adjacent to the
  Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument to recognize and honor
  police service animals that were killed in the line of duty.
         Sec. 3107.003.  MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT. (a) If a monument
  is established under Section 3107.002, the board is responsible for
  the maintenance of the monument. The board may receive money from
  private entities for the continued maintenance and update of the
  monument. If a monument is established under Section 3107.002, the
  board shall:
               (1)  establish a schedule for the maintenance of the
  monument; and
               (2)  select persons to maintain the monument.
         (b)  An entity that collects funds for the maintenance and
  improvement of a monument shall send that money to the board to be
  deposited in the Capitol fund account.
         Sec. 3107.004.  ACCOUNT. (a) Money contributed to the state
  for a purpose related to a monument shall be deposited by the board
  in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate interest-bearing
  account established for the monument.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, income from investments
  of money in the account shall be deposited to the credit of the
  account.
         (c)  Money in the account may be used only for the purposes
  prescribed by Section 3107.003.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the House on April
  7, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1677 on May 24, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor