Bill Text: TX HB1594 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disposition of fines imposed by certain municipalities for traffic violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-16 - Left pending in committee [HB1594 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1594-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 1594 | |
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| relating to disposition of fines imposed by certain municipalities | ||
| for traffic violations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 542.402(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) In each fiscal year, a municipality having a population | ||
| of less than 5,000 may retain, from fines collected for violations | ||
| of this title and from special expenses collected under Article | ||
| 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, in cases in which a violation of | ||
| this title is alleged, an amount equal to 30 percent of the | ||
| municipality's revenue for the preceding fiscal year from all | ||
| sources, other than federal funds and bond proceeds, as shown by the | ||
| audit performed under Section 103.001, Local Government Code. | ||
| After a municipality has retained that amount, the municipality | ||
| shall send to the comptroller any portion of a fine or a special | ||
| expense collected that exceeds $1. This subsection does not apply | ||
| to a municipality in which less than 10 percent of the traffic | ||
| citations issued by peace officers of the municipality in the | ||
| preceding fiscal year were for driving five miles per hour or less | ||
| above the posted speed limit. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
