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1		-	By: Alonzo (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2945
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
3		-	May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4		-	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 2945
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund.
12	6		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	7		SECTION 1. Article 102.0174(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
14	8		is amended to read as follows:
15	9		(g) A fund created under this section may be used [only] to
16	10		finance the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office
17	11		supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the position of
18	12		a juvenile case manager employed under Article 45.056. If there is
19	13		money in the fund after those costs are paid, on approval by the
20	14		employing court, a juvenile case manager may direct the remaining
21	15		money to be used to implement programs directly related to the
22	16		duties of the juvenile case manager, including juvenile alcohol and
23	17		substance abuse programs, educational and leadership programs, and
24	18		any other projects designed to prevent or reduce the number of
25	19		juvenile referrals to the court. The fund may not be used to
26	20		supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that
27	21		of a juvenile case manager.
28	22		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
29	23		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
30	24		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
31	25		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
32	26		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	27	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	28	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	29	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2945 was passed by the House on May 5,
	30	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 16, 2 present, not
	31	+	voting.
	32	+	______________________________
	33	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	34	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2945 was passed by the Senate on May
	35	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	36	+	______________________________
	37	+	Secretary of the Senate
	38	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	39	+	Date
	40	+	_____________________
	41	+	Governor