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.
_______________________________ _______________________________
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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor