Bill Text: TX HB3430 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of a retired county law enforcement dog.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB3430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3430-Introduced.html
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| By: Hunter | H.B. No. 3430 | |
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| relating to the transfer of a retired county law enforcement dog. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 263.152(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commissioners court of a county may: | ||
| (1) periodically sell the county's surplus or salvage | ||
| property by competitive bid or auction, except that competitive | ||
| bidding or an auction is not necessary if the purchaser is another | ||
| county or a political subdivision within the county that is selling | ||
| the surplus or salvage property; | ||
| (2) offer the property as a trade-in for new property | ||
| of the same general type if the commissioners court considers that | ||
| action to be in the best interests of the county; | ||
| (3) order any of the property to be destroyed or | ||
| otherwise disposed of as worthless if the commissioners court | ||
| undertakes to sell that property under Subdivision (1) and is | ||
| unable to do so because no bids are made; | ||
| (4) dispose of the property by donating it to a civic | ||
| or charitable organization located in the county if the | ||
| commissioners court determines that: | ||
| (A) undertaking to sell the property under | ||
| Subdivision (1) would likely result in no bids or a bid price that | ||
| is less than the county's expenses required for the bid process; | ||
| (B) the donation serves a public purpose; and | ||
| (C) the organization will provide the county with | ||
| adequate consideration, such as relieving the county of | ||
| transportation or disposal expenses related to the property; | ||
| (5) transfer gambling equipment in the possession of | ||
| the county following its forfeiture to the state to the Texas | ||
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| (6) order any vehicle retired under a program designed | ||
| to encourage the use of low-emission vehicles to be crushed and | ||
| recycled, if practicable, without a competitive bid or auction; or | ||
| (7) by order or resolution, transfer a retired law | ||
| enforcement dog as provided by Section 263.159. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 263.159 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 263.159. TRANSFER OF RETIRED COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| DOG. (a) The commissioners court of a county may transfer a county | ||
| law enforcement dog that is: | ||
| (1) at the end of the dog's working life; or | ||
| (2) otherwise surplus to the needs of the county. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court may transfer a county law | ||
| enforcement dog described by Subsection (a) only to: | ||
| (1) the dog's current or former handler; or | ||
| (2) another current or former law enforcement officer. | ||
| (c) A transfer under this section: | ||
| (1) may be made without charge to the transferee if the | ||
| transferee agrees to house and otherwise care for the dog; and | ||
| (2) must be made in a manner that is in the best | ||
| interest of the dog and the county, as determined by the county. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
