HB 1851

relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and
other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 2175.308, Government Code, is amended to
Sec. 2175.308.  EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OF DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  (a)  Notwithstanding any conflicting provision
of this chapter, if the commission determines that this state's
efforts to secure this state's international border and combat
transnational crime will sufficiently benefit from the donation of
the surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment of
the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to a municipal
or county law enforcement agency, or to a school district, located
in an economically disadvantaged area of this state, the commission
may transfer the property to the agency or district at a price or
for other consideration agreed to by the commission and the agency
(b)  A law enforcement agency or school district that
receives surplus property under Subsection (a) may not sell the
property before the second anniversary of the date the property is
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.