Tex. Gov't Code Section 2175.001
Definitions


In this chapter:

(1)

“Assistance organization” means:

(A)

a nonprofit organization that provides educational, health, or human services or assistance to homeless individuals;

(B)

a nonprofit food bank that solicits, warehouses, and redistributes edible but unmarketable food to an agency that feeds needy families and individuals;

(C)

Texas Partners of the Americas, a registered agency with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, with the approval of the Partners of the Alliance office of the Agency for International Development;

(D)

a group, including a faith-based group, that enters into a financial or nonfinancial agreement with a health or human services agency to provide services to that agency’s clients;

(E)

a local workforce development board created under Section 2308.253 (Creation of Local Workforce Development Boards);

(F)

a nonprofit organization approved by the Supreme Court of Texas that provides free legal services for low-income households in civil matters;

(G)

the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., or an entity designated by the commissioner of agriculture as the foundation’s successor entity under Section 74.1011 (Designation of Entity to Carry out Boll Weevil Eradication), Agriculture Code;

(H)

a nonprofit computer bank that solicits, stores, refurbishes, and redistributes used computer equipment to public school students and their families; and

(I)

a nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing.

(1-a)

“Commission” means the Texas Facilities Commission.

(2)

“Personal property” includes:

(A)

personal property lawfully confiscated and subject to disposal by a state agency; and

(B)

personal property affixed to real property, if its removal and disposition is for a lawful purpose under this or another law.

(3)

“Salvage property” means personal property that through use, time, or accident is so damaged, used, or consumed that it has no value for the purpose for which it was originally intended.

(4)

“Surplus property” means personal property that exceeds a state agency’s needs and is not required for the agency’s foreseeable needs. The term includes used or new property that retains some usefulness for the purpose for which it was intended or for another purpose.

(5)

“Data processing equipment” means equipment described by Section 2054.003 (Definitions)(3)(A).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1002, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1004, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 11.01, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 908, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.020(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 125 (H.B. 22), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.38, eff. September 1, 2007.

Source: Section 2175.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­2175.­htm#2175.­001 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

2175.001
Definitions
2175.002
Administration of Chapter
2175.004
Civil Air Patrol
2175.061
Rules, Forms, and Procedures
2175.062
Mailing List
2175.063
Maximum Return from Disposition of Surplus or Salvage Property
2175.064
Cooperation in Evaluation and Analysis
2175.065
Delegation of Authority to State Agency
2175.181
Applicability
2175.182
State Agency Transfer of Property
2175.183
Commission Notice to Other Entities
2175.184
Transfer
2175.185
Notice of Transfer to Comptroller
2175.186
Disposition by Competitive Bidding, Auction, or Direct Sale
2175.187
Disposition by Direct Sale to Public
2175.188
Purchaser’s Fee
2175.189
Advertisement of Sale
2175.190
Reporting Sale
2175.191
Proceeds of Sale
2175.192
Purchaser’s Title
2175.193
Contracts for Destruction of Property
2175.241
Destruction or Donation of Surplus or Salvage Property
2175.242
Removal of Destroyed or Donated Property from State Property Accounting Records
2175.301
Surplus Property of Legislature
2175.302
Exception for Eleemosynary Institutions
2175.303
Exception for Certain Products
2175.304
Exception for Institutions of Higher Education
2175.305
Exception for Secretary of State
2175.306
Exception for Certain Agencies
2175.307
Exception for Office of Court Administration
2175.308
Exception for Certain Property of Department of Public Safety
2175.361
Definitions
2175.362
Designated Agency
2175.363
Acquisition, Warehousing, and Distribution of Federal Property
2175.364
Commission Assistance in Procurement and Use of Property
2175.365
State Plan of Operation
2175.366
Administrative Functions
2175.367
Contracts
2175.368
Acquisition or Improvement of Property
2175.369
Charges
2175.370
Federal Surplus Property Service Charge Fund
2175.371
Advisory Boards and Committees
2175.372
Personnel
2175.901
Purchase of Chairs by Certain State Officers and Agency Heads
2175.902
Mandatory Paper Recycling Program
2175.903
Property Used as Trade-in
2175.904
Disposal of Gambling Equipment
2175.905
Disposition of Data Processing Equipment
2175.906
Abolished Agencies
2175.907
Disposal of Computer Equipment by Charitable Organization
2175.908
Sale or Transfer of Law Enforcement Vehicle
2175.909
Sale of Certain Historic Property
2175.1825
Advertising on Commission Website

Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

§ 2175.001’s source at texas​.gov