87R3085 SMT-D
By: West S.B. No. 638
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "indigent defense compensation
expenditures" for purposes of the adjustment of a county's
no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate to reflect
increases in those expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.0442(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) In this section, "indigent defense compensation
expenditures" for a tax year means the difference between:
(1) the amount paid by a county in the period beginning
on July 1 of the tax year preceding the tax year for which the tax is
adopted and ending on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is
adopted to:
(A) provide appointed counsel for indigent
individuals in criminal or civil proceedings in accordance with the
schedule of fees adopted under Article 26.05, Code of Criminal
Procedure; or
(B) fund the operations of a public defender's
office under Article 26.044, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
(2) [, in the period beginning on July 1 of the tax
year preceding the tax year for which the tax is adopted and ending
on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is adopted, less] the
amount of any state grants received by the county during that period
for those purposes [the same purpose].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
calculation of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate
for a county only for a tax year beginning on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.