1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to fines collected for thwarting the compulsory school 1-3 attendance law. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.093(f), Education Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (f) A fine collected under this section shall be deposited 1-8 as follows: 1-9 (1) one-half shall be deposited to the credit of the 1-10 operating fund of the school district in which the child attends 1-11 school or of the juvenile justice alternative education program 1-12 that the child has been ordered to attend, as applicable; and 1-13 (2) one-half shall be deposited to the credit of: 1-14 (A) the general fund of the county, if the 1-15 complaint is filed in the county court or justice court; or 1-16 (B) the general fund of the municipality, if the 1-17 complaint is filed in municipal court. 1-18 SECTION 2. Section 25.093(f), Education Code, as amended by 1-19 this Act, applies only to a fine collected under Section 25.093, 1-20 Education Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1961 was passed by the House on April 16, 1999, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1961 on May 20, 1999, and requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 1961 on May 30, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1961 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 18, 1999, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 1961 on May 30, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor