Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3739 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/15/2017

                            By: Murr H.B. No. 3739


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the distribution of the consolidated court cost.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e)  The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received
 under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
 receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
 applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
 received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
 collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
 may not receive less than the following percentages:
 (1)  [abused children's counseling0.0088 percent;
 (2)]  crime stoppers assistance0.2581 percent;
 (2 [3])  breath alcohol testing0.5507 percent;
 (3 [4])  Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
 Institute2.1683 percent;
 (4 [5])  law enforcement officers standards and
 education
 [(6)  comprehensive rehabilitation9.8218 percent;]
 (5 [7])  law enforcement and custodial officer
 supplemental retirement fund11.1426 percent;
 (6 [8])  criminal justice planning12.5537 percent;
 (7 [9])  an account in the state treasury to be used
 only for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study
 and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View
 A&M University1.2090 percent;
 (8 [10])  compensation to victims of crime fund
 37.6338 percent;
 (9 [11])  emergency radio infrastructure account
 5.5904 percent;
 (10 [12])  judicial and court personnel training
 fund4.8362 percent;
 (11 [13])  an account in the state treasury to be used
 for the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management
 Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account
 (12 [14])  fair defense account17.8448 [8.0143]
 percent.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-third of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2017.