Bill Text: TX HB3431 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition and use of the admission fee to sexually oriented businesses; increasing the amount of a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB3431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3431-Introduced.html
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By: Bernal | H.B. No. 3431 |
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relating to the imposition and use of the admission fee to sexually | ||
oriented businesses; increasing the amount of a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an | ||
amount equal to $8 [ |
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the business. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 102.054, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 102.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL | ||
ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit five-eighths of | ||
the amount [ |
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under this subchapter [ |
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the sexual assault program fund, up to a maximum of $25 million each | ||
state fiscal biennium. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 102.0555 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 102.0555. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR HUMAN | ||
TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. (a) The comptroller shall deposit | ||
three-eighths of the amount received from the fee imposed under | ||
this subchapter to the credit of the human trafficking prevention | ||
account, which is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund | ||
that may be appropriated only to the criminal justice division of | ||
the governor's office for the purpose of awarding grants under this | ||
section. The governor's office administers the account. | ||
(b) Using money received under this section, the criminal | ||
justice division of the governor's office shall award grants to | ||
district attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting human trafficking | ||
cases. | ||
(c) The criminal justice division of the governor's office | ||
shall adopt rules to administer the grant program under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 102.055, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |