By: Hughes (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3003
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of an identification card to certain
individuals to permit entrance into certain county buildings
without passing through security services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 291.010(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court of a county [with a population
of 2.8 million or more] by order may:
(1) authorize the issuance of an identification card
to individuals permitting entrance into a county building that
houses a justice court, county court, county court at law, or
district court without passing through the security services
provided under Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) set a reasonable fee for the issuance of the
identification card to individuals other than county employees.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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