Tex. Gov't Code Section 497.012
Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment


(a)

The department may receive surplus or salvage data processing equipment from a state agency under Chapter 2175 (Surplus and Salvage Property) or from any political subdivision that chooses to send the equipment to the department. Acceptance by the board is not necessary for receipt by the department of equipment under this section.

(b)

If the department determines that it is economically feasible, the department shall repair or refurbish the surplus or salvage data processing equipment. The department shall sell the repaired or refurbished data processing equipment, in the following order of preference, to:

(1)

a school district;

(2)

a state agency;

(3)

a political subdivision of the state; or

(4)

a statewide organization described by Section 264.603 (Administrative Contracts)(a), Family Code, or a local volunteer advocate program, as defined by Section 264.601 (Definitions), Family Code, for use by children or youth in foster care.

(c)

If it is not economically feasible to repair or refurbish the surplus or salvage data processing equipment, the department shall disassemble the equipment and sell the components or retain the components in the department’s inventory for future use.

(d)

The department shall attempt to realize the maximum benefit to the state in selling repaired or refurbished data processing equipment or the components.

(e)

The sales price of the components or the repaired or refurbished data processing equipment must be sufficient to defray the cost of repairing, refurbishing, or disassembling the data processing equipment.

(f)

Proceeds from the sale of the components or the repaired or refurbished data processing equipment shall be deposited in the industrial revolving account. The proceeds may be used only to reduce the cost of repairing and refurbishing data processing equipment.

(g)

The department may adopt rules to implement this section.

(h)

The department shall ensure that all information stored on the surplus or salvage data processing equipment received by the department under this section is removed from the equipment before any inmate is given access to the equipment. This subsection does not require the removal of any operating system or software program stored on the data processing equipment.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 497.011 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(44), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 613 (H.B. 2196), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 289 (S.B. 78), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 497.012 — Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­497.­htm#497.­012 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

497.001
Texas Correctional Industries
497.002
Purpose
497.003
Advisory Committee
497.004
Labor, Pay
497.005
Industrial Receipts
497.006
Contracts with Private Business
497.007
Grants
497.008
Lease of Land
497.010
Offense: Sale or Offer of Sale of Prison-produced Articles or Products
497.011
Certain Contracts Prohibited
497.012
Repair and Resale of Surplus Data Processing Equipment
497.021
Authority
497.022
Contracts
497.023
Priorities
497.024
Agencies and Political Subdivisions: Duties to Purchase
497.025
Purchasing Procedure
497.026
Prices
497.027
Specifications
497.028
Catalogs
497.029
New Articles and Products
497.031
Sale of State Flags to State Agency
497.051
Purpose
497.056
Private Sector Prison Industries Account
497.057
Rules
497.058
Piecp Wage
497.059
Limiting Impact of Certification on Non-prison Industry
497.060
Workers’ Compensation
497.061
Recidivism Studies
497.062
Limitation on Number of Participants and Cost Accounting Centers
497.063
Contract Requirements
497.064
Availability of Certain Information on Internet
497.081
Appointment
497.082
Use of Regular Inmates as Trusties Prohibited
497.083
Restrictions on Trusties
497.084
Honor Farms
497.085
Failure to Enforce
497.091
Contracts for Inmate Labor
497.092
Highway Improvement
497.093
Inmate Labor at Sam Houston State University
497.094
Job Training Programs
497.095
Inmate’s Work Record
497.096
Liability Protections
497.097
Use of State Jail Felons
497.099
Participation in Work Program Required
497.111
Advisory Committee on Agriculture
497.112
Agricultural Efficiency and Economy
497.113
Surplus Agricultural Property and Products
497.0211
Exception: Institutions of Higher Education
497.0527
Complaints
497.0581
Participant Contributions
497.0595
Limitation on Contracts
497.0596
Notice Concerning Certain Contracts

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 497.012’s source at texas​.gov