| 1 | 1 | | By: Isaac H.B. No. 3212 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the disposition of fines collected by a county or |
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| 7 | 7 | | municipality from the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle |
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| 8 | 8 | | safety standards. |
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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. Sections 644.102(d) and (e), Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) In each fiscal year, a municipality may retain fines |
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| 13 | 13 | | from the enforcement of this chapter in an amount not to exceed 50 |
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| 14 | 14 | | [110] percent of the municipality's actual expenses for enforcement |
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| 15 | 15 | | of this chapter in the preceding fiscal year, as determined by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | comptroller after reviewing the most recent municipal audit |
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| 17 | 17 | | conducted under Section 103.001, Local Government Code. If there |
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| 18 | 18 | | are no actual expenses for enforcement of this chapter in the most |
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| 19 | 19 | | recent municipal audit, a municipality may retain fines in an |
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| 20 | 20 | | amount not to exceed 50 [110] percent of the amount the comptroller |
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| 21 | 21 | | estimates would be the municipality's actual expenses for |
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| 22 | 22 | | enforcement of this chapter during the year. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (e) In each fiscal year, a county may retain fines from the |
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| 24 | 24 | | enforcement of this chapter in an amount not to exceed 50 [110] |
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| 25 | 25 | | percent of the county's actual expenses for enforcement of this |
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| 26 | 26 | | chapter in the preceding fiscal year, as determined by the |
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| 27 | 27 | | comptroller after reviewing the most recent county audit conducted |
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| 28 | 28 | | under Chapter 115, Local Government Code. If there are no actual |
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| 29 | 29 | | expenses for enforcement of this chapter in the most recent county |
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| 30 | 30 | | audit, a county may retain fines in an amount not to exceed 50 [110] |
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| 31 | 31 | | percent of the amount the comptroller estimates would be the |
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| 32 | 32 | | county's actual expenses for enforcement of this chapter during the |
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| 33 | 33 | | year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 35 | 35 | | to a fiscal year beginning on or after the effective date of this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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