Texas 2013 83rd Regular

Texas House Bill HB1448 Comm Sub / Bill

                    83R18809 RWG-D
 By: Kuempel H.B. No. 1448
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1448:
 By:  Hernandez Luna C.S.H.B. No. 1448


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the use of money deposited to a justice court technology
 fund in certain counties.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Article 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
 (f)  A justice court may, subject to the approval of the
 commissioners court, use a fund designated by this article to
 assist a constable's office or other county department with a
 technological enhancement, or cost related to the enhancement,
 described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the enhancement directly
 relates to the operation or efficiency of the justice court.  This
 subsection applies only to a county that:
 (1)  has a population of 125,000 or more;
 (2)  is not adjacent to a county of two million or more;
 (3)  contains a portion of the Guadalupe River; and
 (4)  contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.