Amend HB 3173 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 103.004. DISPOSITION OF COLLECTED MONEY. (a) Except as
provided by Subsections (b) and (c), an <An> officer who collects
recognizances, bail bonds, fines, forfeitures, judgments, jury
fees, and other obligations recovered in the name of the state
under any provision of this title shall deposit the money in the
county treasury not later than the next regular business day after
the date that the money is collected. If it is not possible for
the officer to deposit the money in the county treasury by that
date, the officer shall deposit the money in the county treasury as
soon as possible, but not later than the third regular business day
after the date that the money is collected <immediately pay the
money to the county treasurer of the county for which the money was
collected>.
(b) The commissioners court of a county may authorize an
officer who is required to deposit money under Subsection (a) to
deposit the money in the county treasury not later than the seventh
regular business day after the date that the money is collected.
(c) The commissioners court of a county with a population of
less than 50,000 may authorize an officer who is required to
deposit money under Subsection (a) to deposit the money in the
county treasury not later than the 30th day after the date that the
money is collected.
(d) The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit money
received from fees imposed under Article 102.012 <of this code> in
the special fund of the county treasury for the community
supervision and corrections department serving the county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
applies to obligations collected on or after that date. All
obligations recovered before September 1, 1999, are governed by the
law in effect on the date the obligations are collected.
SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby
suspended.