| 1 | 1 | | 84R13254 BEF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bernal H.B. No. 3431 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the imposition and use of the admission fee to sexually |
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| 8 | 8 | | oriented businesses; increasing the amount of a fee. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an |
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| 13 | 13 | | amount equal to $8 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to |
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| 14 | 14 | | the business. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 102.054, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 102.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL |
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| 18 | 18 | | ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit five-eighths of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the amount [the first $25 million] received from the fee imposed |
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| 20 | 20 | | under this subchapter [in a state fiscal biennium] to the credit of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the sexual assault program fund, up to a maximum of $25 million each |
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| 22 | 22 | | state fiscal biennium. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 102.0555 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 102.0555. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR HUMAN |
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| 26 | 26 | | TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. (a) The comptroller shall deposit |
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| 27 | 27 | | three-eighths of the amount received from the fee imposed under |
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| 28 | 28 | | this subchapter to the credit of the human trafficking prevention |
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| 29 | 29 | | account, which is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund |
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| 30 | 30 | | that may be appropriated only to the criminal justice division of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the governor's office for the purpose of awarding grants under this |
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| 32 | 32 | | section. The governor's office administers the account. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) Using money received under this section, the criminal |
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| 34 | 34 | | justice division of the governor's office shall award grants to |
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| 35 | 35 | | district attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting human trafficking |
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| 36 | 36 | | cases. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) The criminal justice division of the governor's office |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall adopt rules to administer the grant program under this |
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| 39 | 39 | | section. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. Section 102.055, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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| 41 | 41 | | repealed. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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