Bill Text: TX HB2945 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2945 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2945-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2945 |
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relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 102.0174(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(g) A fund created under this section may be used [ |
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finance the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office | ||
supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the position of | ||
a juvenile case manager employed under Article 45.056. If there is | ||
money in the fund after those costs are paid, on approval by the | ||
employing court, a juvenile case manager may direct the remaining | ||
money to be used to implement programs directly related to the | ||
duties of the juvenile case manager, including juvenile alcohol and | ||
substance abuse programs, educational and leadership programs, and | ||
any other projects designed to prevent or reduce the number of | ||
juvenile referrals to the court. The fund may not be used to | ||
supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that | ||
of a juvenile case manager. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2945 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 16, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2945 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |