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Senate Bill 2279 |
Senate Author: Ellis et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Turner, Sylvester |
Senate Bill 2279 amends the Government Code to require the comptroller of public accounts to credit to the judicial fund for programs approved by the Supreme Court of Texas that provide basic civil legal services to the indigent the net amount of a civil penalty that is recovered in an action by the attorney general in any matter that is actionable under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act after deducting amounts allocated to or retained by the attorney general as authorized by law, unless another law requires that the penalty be credited to a different fund or account or the judgment awarding the penalty requires that the penalty be paid to another named recipient. The bill prohibits the total amount credited to the judicial fund for such programs from exceeding $10 million per state fiscal biennium.