By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to reimbursement of the Texas Department of Human Services
1-3 from an inmate's trust fund.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 501.014(e), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (e) On notification by a court, the institutional division
1-8 shall withdraw from an inmate's trust fund any amount the inmate is
1-9 ordered to pay by order of the court for child support,
1-10 restitution, reimbursement for financial assistance provided for
1-11 the child's health needs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to
1-12 a child of the inmate, fines, and court costs. The institutional
1-13 division shall make a payment under this subsection as ordered by
1-14 the court to either the court or the party specified in the court
1-15 order. The institutional division and the department are not
1-16 liable for withdrawing or failing to withdraw money or making
1-17 payments or failing to make payments under this subsection. The
1-18 institutional division shall make withdrawals and payments from an
1-19 inmate's trust fund under this subsection according to the
1-20 following schedule of priorities:
1-21 (1) as payment in full for all orders for child
1-22 support;
1-23 (2) as payment in full for all orders for restitution;
1-24 (3) as payment in full for all orders for
2-1 reimbursement of the Texas Department of Human Services for
2-2 financial assistance provided for the child's health needs under
2-3 Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to a child of the inmate;
2-4 (4) as payment in full for all orders for fines; and
2-5 (5) [(4)] as payment in full for all orders for court
2-6 costs.
2-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 1997.
2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.