| 1 | 1 | | 87R3085 SMT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 638 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the definition of "indigent defense compensation |
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| 8 | 8 | | expenditures" for purposes of the adjustment of a county's |
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| 9 | 9 | | no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate to reflect |
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| 10 | 10 | | increases in those expenditures. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.0442(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 13 | 13 | | as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) In this section, "indigent defense compensation |
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| 15 | 15 | | expenditures" for a tax year means the difference between: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the amount paid by a county in the period beginning |
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| 17 | 17 | | on July 1 of the tax year preceding the tax year for which the tax is |
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| 18 | 18 | | adopted and ending on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is |
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| 19 | 19 | | adopted to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) provide appointed counsel for indigent |
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| 21 | 21 | | individuals in criminal or civil proceedings in accordance with the |
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| 22 | 22 | | schedule of fees adopted under Article 26.05, Code of Criminal |
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| 23 | 23 | | Procedure; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) fund the operations of a public defender's |
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| 25 | 25 | | office under Article 26.044, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) [, in the period beginning on July 1 of the tax |
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| 27 | 27 | | year preceding the tax year for which the tax is adopted and ending |
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| 28 | 28 | | on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is adopted, less] the |
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| 29 | 29 | | amount of any state grants received by the county during that period |
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| 30 | 30 | | for those purposes [the same purpose]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | calculation of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate |
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| 33 | 33 | | for a county only for a tax year beginning on or after the effective |
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| 34 | 34 | | date of this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |
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