| 1 | 1 | | By: Thompson of Brazoria, et al. H.B. No. 2902 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 5 | 5 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by |
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| 6 | 6 | | the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to lost, damaged, or overdue county library property; |
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| 12 | 12 | | authorizing fines; authorizing a civil penalty. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 323, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER D. LIBRARY FINES; CIVIL PENALTY |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 323.071. LIBRARY FINES. (a) The commissioners court |
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| 18 | 18 | | by order may establish reasonable fines to be collected by a county |
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| 19 | 19 | | library for lost, damaged, or overdue library property. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The fines shall be deposited in the county free library |
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| 21 | 21 | | fund. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 323.072. ABUSE OF COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES. (a) The |
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| 23 | 23 | | commissioners court by order may adopt reasonable regulations that |
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| 24 | 24 | | prohibit a person from abusing library services by intentionally |
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| 25 | 25 | | failing to pay a library fine or return library property. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) A person who violates a regulation adopted by the county |
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| 27 | 27 | | under this section is liable to the county for a civil penalty of |
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| 28 | 28 | | not more than $100 for each violation. A county may bring suit in a |
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| 29 | 29 | | district or county court to recover a civil penalty authorized by |
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| 30 | 30 | | this subsection. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 32 | 32 | | * * * * * |
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