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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of the fee imposed on certain sexually |
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oriented businesses that is allocated to the sexual assault program |
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fund and the allocation of certain other revenue to that fund; |
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increasing the amount of a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an |
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amount equal to $10 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to |
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the business. |
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SECTION 2. Section 420.008(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The fund consists of: |
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(1) fees and fines collected under: |
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(A) Article 42A.653(a), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; |
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(B) Section 508.189, Government Code; and |
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(C) Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & |
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Commerce Code, and deposited under Section 102.054 of that code; |
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[and] |
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(2) administrative penalties collected under Section |
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51.258, Education Code; and |
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(3) amounts allocated under Section 183.054, Tax Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 183.023(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsection (c) of |
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this section or Subchapter C of this chapter, the comptroller shall |
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deposit the revenue received under this section in the general |
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revenue fund. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 183, Tax Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 183.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 183.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO SEXUAL |
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ASSAULT PROGRAM FUND. The comptroller shall deposit an amount of |
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money equal to one percent of the revenue received under |
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Subchapters B and B-1 to the credit of the sexual assault program |
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fund established under Section 420.008, Government Code. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |