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repealed.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