SRC-JJJ S.B. 1187 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1187
By: Armbrister
Jurisprudence
4/9/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

The Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund (JCPTF), was created by the
69th Legislature to provide funds for the continuing education of all
judges at all levels of the Texas judiciary, together with clerks and court
personnel working with those judges.  In 1991, the Legislature included
prosecutors and their staffs and criminal defense attorneys who represent
indigent defendants, as groups eligible funding for their training from
JCPTF.  S.B. 1187 would increase court costs regarding the JCPTF. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1187 establishes provisions regarding the Judicial and
Court Training Fund. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 56.001(b), Government Code, to require a person
to pay $2, rather than $1, as a court cost on conviction of any criminal
case.   

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 56.003(b), Government Code, to require no more
than one-third of the funds appropriated to be used for the continuing
legal education of certain appointed court personnel. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date: 90 days after adjournment.