Bill Text: TX HB3067 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB3067 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3067-Engrossed.html

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84R17648 ATP-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3067

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain
populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 351.901(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a county by contract may
donate money to one or more crime stoppers or crime prevention
organizations for expenditure by the organizations to meet the
goals identified in Subsection (a). The total amount of all
donations made in a calendar year may not exceed:
(1) $25,000; or
(2) $100,000, for a county with a population of one
million or more.
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.