1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to permissible uses of courthouse security fund and
 1-3     municipal court building security fund.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article 102.017(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
 1-8     costs and pay them to the county or municipal treasurer, as
 1-9     appropriate, or to any other official who discharges the duties
1-10     commonly delegated to the county or municipal treasurer, as
1-11     appropriate, for deposit in a fund to be known as the courthouse
1-12     security fund or a fund to be known as the municipal court building
1-13     security fund, as appropriate.  A fund designated by this
1-14     subsection may be used only to finance [the following] items when
1-15     used for the purpose of providing security services for buildings
1-16     housing a district, county, justice, or municipal court, as
1-17     appropriate, including:
1-18                 (1)  the purchase or repair of X-ray machines and
1-19     conveying systems;
1-20                 (2)  handheld metal detectors;
1-21                 (3)  walkthrough metal detectors;
1-22                 (4)  identification cards and systems;
1-23                 (5)  electronic locking and surveillance equipment;
1-24                 (6)  bailiffs, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables, or
 2-1     contract security personnel during times when they are providing
 2-2     appropriate security services;
 2-3                 (7)  signage;
 2-4                 (8)  confiscated weapon inventory and tracking systems;
 2-5                 (9)  locks, chains, alarms, or similar [other] security
 2-6     devices [hardware]; [or]
 2-7                 (10)  the purchase or repair of bullet-proof glass; and
 2-8                 (11)  continuing education on security issues for court
 2-9     personnel and security personnel.
2-10           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-11     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-15     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-16     passage, and it is so enacted.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1177 was passed by the House on March
         25, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1177 was passed by the Senate on May
         3, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor