By Moreno H.B. No. 1519 75R6293 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring certain local law enforcement agencies to 1-3 account for seized or confiscated money. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Article 18.184 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 18.184. ACCOUNTING FOR SEIZED OR CONFISCATED MONEY. 1-8 Not later than the fifth day of each month: 1-9 (1) the sheriff shall provide the commissioners court 1-10 with a report stating the amount of money seized or confiscated 1-11 during the preceding month under the authority of any law by the 1-12 sheriff or any peace officer employed by the sheriff's department; 1-13 and 1-14 (2) the head of each municipal law enforcement agency 1-15 shall provide the governing body of the municipality with a report 1-16 stating the amount of money seized or confiscated during the 1-17 preceding month under the authority of any law by the head of the 1-18 agency or any peace officer employed by the agency. 1-19 SECTION 2. Each sheriff or head of a municipal law 1-20 enforcement agency shall provide the first report required by 1-21 Article 18.184, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, 1-22 not later than October 5, 1997. 1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.