1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the duty of an officer to deposit certain money in the
 1-3     county treasury.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Art. 103.004.  DISPOSITION OF COLLECTED MONEY.  (a)  Except
 1-8     as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), an [An] officer who
 1-9     collects recognizances, bail bonds, fines, forfeitures, judgments,
1-10     jury fees, and other obligations recovered in the name of the state
1-11     under any provision of this title shall deposit the money in the
1-12     county treasury not later than the next regular business day after
1-13     the date that the money is collected.  If it is not possible for
1-14     the officer to deposit the money in the county treasury by that
1-15     date, the officer shall deposit the money in the county treasury as
1-16     soon as possible, but not later than the third regular business day
1-17     after the date that the money is collected [immediately pay the
1-18     money to the county treasurer of the county for which the money was
1-19     collected].
1-20           (b)  The commissioners court of a county may authorize an
1-21     officer who is required to deposit money under Subsection (a) to
1-22     deposit the money in the county treasury not later than the seventh
1-23     regular business day after the date that the money is collected.
1-24           (c)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
 2-1     less than 50,000 may authorize an officer who is required to
 2-2     deposit money under Subsection (a) to deposit the money in the
 2-3     county treasury not later than the 30th day after the date that the
 2-4     money is collected.
 2-5           (d)  The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit money
 2-6     received from fees imposed under Article 102.012 [of this code] in
 2-7     the special fund of the county treasury for the community
 2-8     supervision and corrections department serving the county.
 2-9           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
2-10     applies to obligations collected on or after that date.  All
2-11     obligations recovered before September 1, 1999, are governed by the
2-12     law in effect on the date the obligations are collected.
2-13           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3173 was passed by the House on May
         11, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3173 on May 27, 1999, by a non-record
         vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3173 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 25, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor