86R10441 AJZ-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2058
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to
provide services to domestic victims of trafficking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:
(t) As a specific exception to Subsection (c) that the funds
described by that subsection be used only for the official purposes
of the attorney representing the state or for law enforcement
purposes, the attorney representing the state or the head of a law
enforcement agency, as applicable, may use any portion of the gross
amount credited to the attorney's or agency's special fund under
Subsection (c) to cover the costs of a contract with a municipal or
county program to provide services to domestic victims of
trafficking.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.