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.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 3101 was passed by the House on May

         10, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 3101 was passed by the Senate on May

         22, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor