By: Thompson of Harris, Longoria H.B. No. 2235
(Senate Sponsor - Perry)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the
judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 402.007(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The total amount credited to the judicial fund for
programs approved by the supreme court that provide basic civil
legal services to the indigent under Subsection (b) may not exceed
$50 million per state fiscal year [biennium].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds 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, 2019.
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