H.B. No. 3345
AN ACT
relating to the amount of the fee imposed on certain sexually
oriented businesses that is allocated to the sexual assault program
fund and the allocation of certain other revenue to that fund;
increasing the amount of a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an
amount equal to $10 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to
the business.
SECTION 2. Section 420.008(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The fund consists of:
(1) fees and fines collected under:
(A) Article 42A.653(a), Code of Criminal
Procedure;
(B) Section 508.189, Government Code; and
(C) Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business &
Commerce Code, and deposited under Section 102.054 of that code;
[and]
(2) administrative penalties collected under Section
51.258, Education Code; and
(3) amounts allocated under Section 183.054, Tax Code.
SECTION 3. Section 183.023(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsection (c) of
this section or Subchapter C of this chapter, the comptroller shall
deposit the revenue received under this section in the general
revenue fund.
SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 183, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 183.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 183.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO SEXUAL
ASSAULT PROGRAM FUND. The comptroller shall deposit an amount of
money equal to one percent of the revenue received under
Subchapters B and B-1 to the credit of the sexual assault program
fund established under Section 420.008, Government Code.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3345 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3345 was passed by the Senate on May
11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor