By: Nelson  S.B. No. 78          (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   March 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 27, 2017,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 78 By:  Creighton     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the disposition of state surplus or salvage data   processing equipment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 497.012(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (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)  [, or] a political subdivision of the state; or                (4)  a statewide organization described by Section   264.603(a), Family Code, or a local volunteer advocate program, as   defined by Section 264.601, Family Code, for use by children or   youth in foster care [in that relative order of preference].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *