HBA-DMD C.S.H.B. 3209 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3209 By: Jones, Jesse Public Safety 4/23/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, 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 use at least 90 percent of the money to reward persons who report information concerning criminal activity. C.S.H.B. 3209 allows crime stoppers 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. (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. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute differs from the original by deleting the proposed amendment to Section 414.010(a), Government Code, relating to allowing a county with a population of more than 1,800,000 to fund crime prevention projects, programs, or services, with funds received by a crime stoppers organization operated on a local level. The substitute differs from the original by amending Section 414.010, Government Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) as more fully set out in the Section-by-Section Analysis portion of this document.