By: Parker S.B. No. 173 73R1033 NSC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use of criminal asset forfeiture funds for public 1-3 schools. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-7 (i) As a specific exception to the requirement of 1-8 Subdivisions (1)-(4) of Subsection (c) of this article that the 1-9 funds described by those subdivisions be used only for the official 1-10 purposes of the attorney representing the state or for law 1-11 enforcement purposes, an attorney representing the state or head of 1-12 a law enforcement agency shall forward one-fourth of the gross 1-13 amount credited to the attorney's or agency's fund to the state 1-14 treasury for deposit to the credit of the available school fund. 1-15 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 1-16 property or proceeds distributed to a law enforcement agency or 1-17 attorney representing the state on or after the effective date of 1-18 this Act. Property or proceeds distributed before the effective 1-19 date of this Act are covered by the law in effect at the time of 1-20 distribution, and the former law is continued in effect for that 1-21 purpose. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.