87(R) SB 1762 - Introduced version - Bill Text
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the Texas Police Service |
 
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Animals 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 amended |
 
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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)  "Committee" has the meaning assigned by Section |
 
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3105.002. |
 
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                         (3)  "Monument" means the Texas Police Service Animals |
 
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Memorial Monument. |
 
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                         (4)  "Police service animal" has the meaning assigned by |
 
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Section 38.151, Penal Code. |
 
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             Sec.  3107.002.    TEXAS POLICE SERVICE ANIMALS MEMORIAL |
 
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MONUMENT. The board shall establish a Texas Police Service Animals |
 
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Memorial Monument on the grounds of the Capitol Complex adjacent to |
 
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the 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) The board is |
 
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responsible for the maintenance of the monument. The board may |
 
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raise money from private or public entities for the continued |
 
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maintenance and update of the monument. The 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 the 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 the monument shall be deposited by the |
 
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board in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate |
 
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interest-bearing account established for the monument. |
 
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             (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, income from investments of |
 
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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. |