82R8223 JAM-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 1519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations
collected by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.402(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In each fiscal year, a municipality having a population
of less than 1,000 [5,000] may retain, from fines collected for
violations of this title and from special expenses collected under
Article 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, in cases in which a
violation of this title is alleged, an amount equal to 30 percent of
the municipality's revenue for the preceding fiscal year from all
sources, other than federal funds and bond proceeds, as shown by the
audit performed under Section 103.001, Local Government Code.
After a municipality has retained that amount, the municipality
shall send to the comptroller any portion of a fine or a special
expense collected that exceeds $1.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.