| 1 | 1 | | By: West S.B. No. 1925 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Turner of Harris) |
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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 dedication of revenue received from certain court |
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| 8 | 8 | | costs to the truancy prevention and diversion fund. |
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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. Articles 102.015(a) and (g), Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, as added by Chapter 1213 (S.B. 1419), Acts of the 83rd |
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| 12 | 12 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are reenacted to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The truancy prevention and diversion fund is a dedicated |
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| 15 | 15 | | account in the general revenue fund. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under |
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| 17 | 17 | | this article to the credit of a dedicated account in the general |
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| 18 | 18 | | revenue fund to be known as the truancy prevention and diversion |
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| 19 | 19 | | fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the account only |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for |
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| 21 | 21 | | distribution to local governmental entities for truancy prevention |
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| 22 | 22 | | and intervention services. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Chapter 839 (H.B. 6), Acts of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, money dedicated by |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article 102.015(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1213 (S.B. 1419), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2013, to the truancy prevention and diversion fund established by |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article 102.015, Code of Criminal Procedure, is rededicated by this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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