By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3101
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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 under
1-11 Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to a child of the inmate, fines,
1-12 and court costs. The institutional division shall make a payment
1-13 under this subsection as ordered by the court to either the court
1-14 or the party specified in the court order. The institutional
1-15 division and the department are not liable for withdrawing or
1-16 failing to withdraw money or making payments or failing to make
1-17 payments under this subsection. The institutional division shall
1-18 make withdrawals and payments from an inmate's trust fund under
1-19 this subsection according to the following schedule of priorities:
1-20 (1) as payment in full for all orders for child
1-21 support;
1-22 (2) as payment in full for all orders for restitution;
1-23 (3) as payment in full for all orders for
1-24 reimbursement of the Texas Department of Human Services for
2-1 financial assistance provided under Chapter 31, Human Resources
2-2 Code, to a child of the inmate;
2-3 (4) as payment in full for all orders for fines; and
2-4 (5) [(4)] as payment in full for all orders for court
2-5 costs.
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 1997.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-12 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-13 Amend House Bill 3101 as follows:
2-14 (1) On page 1, line 10 insert the following after the word
2-15 "assistance" and before the word "provided" the following: "for the
2-16 child's health needs".
2-17 (2) On page 2, line 1 insert the following after the word
2-18 "assistance" and before the word "provided" the following: "for the
2-19 child's health needs".
2-20 Edwards