By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1950
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the consolidated municipal court security and
technology fund in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
(a) The courthouse security fund is a fund in the county
treasury, and, except as provided in Subsection (g), the municipal
court building security fund is a fund in the municipal treasury.
The funds consist of money allocated to the funds under Sections
134.101, 134.102, 134.103, 135.101, and 135.102, Local Government
Code.
(g) This section does not apply to a municipality with a
population of less than 100,000.
SECTION 2. Article 102.0172, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The]
municipal court technology fund is a fund in the municipal
treasury. The fund consists of money allocated to the fund under
Section 134.103, Local Government Code.
(d) This section does not apply to a municipality with a
population of less than 100,000.
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0175 to read as
follows:
Art. 102.0175. CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING
SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY FUND. (a) This section applies only to a
municipality with a population of less than 100,000.
(b) The consolidated municipal court building security and
technology fund is a fund in the municipal court treasury. The fund
consists of money allocated to the fund under Section 134.103,
Local Government Code.
(c) Money deposited in a consolidated municipal court
building security and technology fund may be used only for the
purposed authorized under:
(1) Article 102.017(b) or (c) for use of a municipal
court technology fund; or
(2) Article 102.0172(b) for use of a municipal court
technology fund.
(d) The consolidated municipal court building security and
technology fund shall be administered by or under the direction of
the governing body of the municipality.
SECTION 4. Section 134.103(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The treasurer shall allocate the court costs received
under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
may not receive less than the following percentages:
(1) The courthouse security fund, [or] municipal court
building security fund, or consolidated municipal court building
security and technology fund, as appropriate 35 percent;
(2) The local youth diversion fund 35.7143 percent;
(3) The justice court technology fund, [or] municipal
court technology fund, or consolidated municipal court building
security and technology fund, as appropriate 28.5714 percent; and
(4) The county or municipal jury fund, as appropriate
0.7143 percent.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a fee on conviction collected on or after the effective date of this
Act. A fee on conviction collected before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect when the fee was
collected, and the former law is continued in effect for what
purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
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, 2025.