83R16632 JAM-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 811
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 811:
By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 811
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations
collected by certain municipalities and counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.402(b-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b-1) A [Subject to Subsection (b-2), a] county may use a
fine collected for a violation of a highway law as the county
determines appropriate if:
(1) the county has a population of less than 5,000; and
(2) the commissioners court of the county by
resolution elects to spend the revenue in a manner other than as
provided by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Sections 542.402(b), (b-2), (c), (d), (d-1),
(e), (f), and (g), Transportation Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section
542.402, Transportation Code, applies only to the fiscal year of a
municipality or county that begins on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.