Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1448	House Author:  Kuempel
Effective:  9-1-13	Senate Sponsor:  Campbell

            House Bill 1448 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a justice court, subject to the approval of the county commissioners court, to use a justice court technology fund to assist a constable's office or other county department with certain technological enhancements or related costs if the enhancements directly relate to the operation or efficiency of the justice court. This provision applies only to a county that has a population of 125,000 or more, that is not adjacent to a county of two million or more, that contains a portion of the Guadalupe River, and that contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10.