By: Perry S.B. No. 1674
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 15, 2019,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0;
April 15, 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 September 1, 2019.
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