Bill Text: TX HB2398 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2398 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2398-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2398 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2398-Introduced.html
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By: White of Tyler | H.B. No. 2398 |
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relating to the establishment of judicial donation trust funds to | ||
assist needy children and families appearing before justice and | ||
municipal courts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 36 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 36. JUDICIAL DONATION TRUST FUNDS | ||
Sec. 36.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUNDS. (a) The | ||
governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a | ||
county may establish a judicial donation trust fund as a separate | ||
account held outside the municipal or county treasury to be used in | ||
accordance with this chapter. | ||
(b) The governing body of a municipality or the | ||
commissioners court of a county may accept a gift, grant, donation, | ||
or other consideration from a public or private source that is | ||
designated for the judicial donation trust fund. | ||
(c) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited | ||
in the judicial donation trust fund and may only be disbursed in | ||
accordance with this chapter. | ||
(d) Interest and income from the assets of the judicial | ||
donation trust fund shall be credited to and deposited in the trust | ||
fund. | ||
Sec. 36.002. PROCEDURES AND ELIGIBILITY. The governing | ||
body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county shall: | ||
(1) adopt the procedures necessary to receive and | ||
disburse money from the judicial donation trust fund under this | ||
chapter; and | ||
(2) establish eligibility requirements for | ||
disbursement of money under this chapter to assist needy children | ||
or families who appear before a municipal or justice court, as | ||
applicable, by providing money for resources and services that | ||
eliminate barriers to school attendance or that seek to prevent | ||
delinquent conduct. | ||
Sec. 36.003. USE OF FUNDS IN ACCOUNT. (a) The judge of a | ||
justice or municipal court, in accordance with Section 36.002, may | ||
award money from a judicial donation trust fund established under | ||
Section 36.001 to eligible children or families who appear before | ||
the court for a truancy or curfew violation or in another proceeding | ||
before the court. | ||
(b) A judge of a justice or municipal court may order the | ||
municipal or county clerk to issue a warrant from the judicial | ||
donation trust fund for money awarded under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |