By: Hughes H.B. No. 3631
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in
certain counties by a justice of the peace council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsections (e) and (f) and adding Subsection
(g) to read as follows:
(e) The justice court technology fund shall be administered
by or under the direction of:
(1) a justice of the peace council composed of five or
more members; or
(2) if a county does not have a council described by
Subdivision (1), the commissioners court of the county.
(f) A justice court may, subject to the approval of the
entity that administers the justice court technology fund, as
provided by Subsection (e) [commissioners court], use a fund
designated by this article to assist a constable's office or other
county department with a technological enhancement, or cost related
to the enhancement, described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the
enhancement directly relates to the operation or efficiency of the
justice court. This subsection applies only to a county that:
(1) has a population of 125,000 or more;
(2) is not adjacent to a county of two million or more;
(3) contains a portion of the Guadalupe River; and
(4) contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10.
(g) In this article, "justice of the peace council" means a
council formed by and composed of members who serve as a justice of
the peace in the same county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.