HBA-DMD, RBT H.B. 3209 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3209 By: Jones, Jesse Public Safety 7/30/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 76th Legislature, crime stoppers organizations certified by local governments to receive money from payments made under Article 42.12 (Community Supervision), Code of Criminal Procedure, or repayments under Article 37.073 (Repayment of Reward) and Article 42.152 (Repayment of Reward), Code of Criminal Procedure, must have used at least 90 percent of the money to reward persons who reported information concerning criminal activity. H.B. 3209 allows crime stoppers organizations to use certain excess funds for law enforcement purposes relating to crime stoppers or juvenile justice, including intervention, apprehension, adjudication, and confinement. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 414.010, Government Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d), as follows: (a) Provides an exception to the authority of a crime stoppers organization certified by the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council to receive money in the form of payments from defendants placed on community supervision under Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or money in the form of repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, to use no more than 10 percent of the money annually received to pay costs incurred in administering the organization. (b) Authorizes a crime stoppers organization which receives in excess of three times the amount of funds that the organization uses to pay rewards during a fiscal year based on the average amount of funds used to pay rewards during each of the preceding three fiscal years, to deposit the excess amount of funds in a separate interest-bearing account to be used by the organization for law enforcement purposes relating to crime stoppers or juvenile justice, including intervention, apprehension, adjudication, and confinement. Authorizes an organization that deposits excess funds in an account as provided by this subsection to use any interest earned on the funds to pay costs incurred in administering the organization. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3.Emergency clause.