Bill Text: TX HB3631 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in certain counties by a justice of the peace council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3631-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | H.B. No. 3631 |
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relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in | ||
certain counties by a justice of the peace council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (e) and (f) and adding Subsection | ||
(g) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The justice court technology fund shall be administered | ||
by or under the direction of: | ||
(1) a justice of the peace council composed of five or | ||
more members; or | ||
(2) if a county does not have a council described by | ||
Subdivision (1), the commissioners court of the county. | ||
(f) A justice court may, subject to the approval of the | ||
entity that administers the justice court technology fund, as | ||
provided by Subsection (e) [ |
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designated by this article to assist a constable's office or other | ||
county department with a technological enhancement, or cost related | ||
to the enhancement, described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the | ||
enhancement directly relates to the operation or efficiency of the | ||
justice court. This subsection applies only to a county that: | ||
(1) has a population of 125,000 or more; | ||
(2) is not adjacent to a county of two million or more; | ||
(3) contains a portion of the Guadalupe River; and | ||
(4) contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10. | ||
(g) In this article, "justice of the peace council" means a | ||
council formed by and composed of members who serve as a justice of | ||
the peace in the same county. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||