Bill Text: TX HB3590 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the acceptance of donations by a county commissioners court for the performance of certain functions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Elections [HB3590 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3590-Introduced.html

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87R11267 SGM-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 3590

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance of donations by a county commissioners
court for the performance of certain functions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.032, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 81.032. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. The
commissioners court may accept a donation of labor or services,
gift, grant, donation, bequest, or devise of money or other
property on behalf of the county, including a donation under
Chapter 38, Government Code, for the purpose of performing a
function conferred by law on the county or a county officer, except
a commissioners court may not use a donation described by this
section for the administration of an election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.