Bill Text: TX HB3715 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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 [HB3715 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3715-Introduced.html
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| By: Noble | H.B. No. 3715 | |
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| 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. (a) | ||
| Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [ |
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| 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. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court may not: | ||
| (1) accept a donation of $1,000 or more for the purpose | ||
| of administering elections without written consent from the | ||
| secretary of state; or | ||
| (2) use a donation described by Subsection (a) to | ||
| perform a function of administering elections that is not | ||
| explicitly authorized by the Election Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
