| 1 | 1 | | By: Murr H.B. No. 3739 |
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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 distribution of the consolidated court cost. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received |
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| 11 | 11 | | under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each |
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| 12 | 12 | | receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as |
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| 13 | 13 | | applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have |
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| 14 | 14 | | received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been |
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| 15 | 15 | | collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund |
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| 16 | 16 | | may not receive less than the following percentages: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) [abused children's counseling0.0088 percent; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2)] crime stoppers assistance0.2581 percent; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2 [3]) breath alcohol testing0.5507 percent; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3 [4]) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management |
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| 21 | 21 | | Institute2.1683 percent; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4 [5]) law enforcement officers standards and |
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| 23 | 23 | | education |
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| 24 | 24 | | [(6) comprehensive rehabilitation9.8218 percent;] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5 [7]) law enforcement and custodial officer |
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| 26 | 26 | | supplemental retirement fund11.1426 percent; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (6 [8]) criminal justice planning12.5537 percent; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (7 [9]) an account in the state treasury to be used |
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| 29 | 29 | | only for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study |
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| 30 | 30 | | and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View |
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| 31 | 31 | | A&M University1.2090 percent; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8 [10]) compensation to victims of crime fund |
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| 33 | 33 | | 37.6338 percent; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (9 [11]) emergency radio infrastructure account |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5.5904 percent; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (10 [12]) judicial and court personnel training |
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| 37 | 37 | | fund4.8362 percent; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (11 [13]) an account in the state treasury to be used |
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| 39 | 39 | | for the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management |
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| 40 | 40 | | Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account |
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| 41 | 41 | | (12 [14]) fair defense account17.8448 [8.0143] |
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| 42 | 42 | | percent. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-third of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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