H.B. No. 1448 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1448 was passed by the House on May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1448 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor