Bill Text: TX SB2220 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the distribution of the consolidated court cost.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2220 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB2220-Introduced.html

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By: Huffman S.B. No. 2220

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the distribution of the consolidated court cost.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code is
amended to read as follows:
(e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received
under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each
receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as
applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have
received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been
collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund
may not receive less than the following percentages:
(1) [abused children's counseling] [0.0088] percent;
(1[2]) crime stoppers assistance 0.2581 percent;
(2[3]) breath alcohol testing 0.5507 percent;
(3[4]) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management
Institute 2.1683 percent;
(4[5]) law enforcement officers standards and education
[(6) comprehensive rehabilitation 9.8218 percent;]
(5[7]) law enforcement and custodial officer
supplemental retirement fund 11.1426 percent;
(6[8]) criminal justice planning 12.5537 percent;
(7[9]) an account in the state treasury to be used only
for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study and
Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M
University 1.2090 percent;
(8[10]) compensation to victims of crime fund
37.6338 percent;
(9[11]) emergency radio infrastructure account
15.4210 5.5904 percent;
(10[12]) judicial and court personnel training fund
4.8362 percent;
(11[13]) an account in the state treasury to be used for
the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management
Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account
(12[14]) fair defense account 8.0143 percent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-third 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, 2017.