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