Texas § SD.5007.228 - ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS
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§ SD.5007.228. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. (a) In this section, "gift" means a gift, grant, donation, or bequest of money or property accepted under Section 60.124 , Water Code, that has a value of $500 or more. (b) The authority may accept a gift only if, not later than the 90th day after the date the port commission receives the gift, the port commission, in an open meeting, acknowledges the acceptance of the gift. (c) For a gift accepted under Subsection (b), the authority must record the name of the donor, a description of the gift, and a statement of the purpose of the gift in the minutes of the port commission. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (H.B. 1642 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
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