By Hartnett H.B. No. 3173
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the deposit of recognizances, bail bonds, fines,
1-3 forfeitures, judgments, jury fees, and other obligations recovered
1-4 in the name of the state by a justice of the peace.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 Art. 103.004. DISPOSITION OF COLLECTED MONEY. (a) An
1-9 officer who collects recognizances, bail bonds, fines, forfeitures,
1-10 judgments, jury fees, and other obligations recovered in the name
1-11 of the state under any provision of this title shall [immediately
1-12 pay the money to the county treasurer of the county for which the
1-13 money was collected] deposit the funds with the county treasurer on
1-14 or before the next regular business day after the date on which the
1-15 funds are received. If this deadline is not met, the officer must
1-16 deposit the funds, without exception, on or before the seventh
1-17 business day after the day on which the funds are received.
1-18 However, in a county with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, the
1-19 commissioners court may extend the period during which funds must
1-20 be deposited with the county treasurer, but the period may not
1-21 exceed 30 days after the date the funds are received.
1-22 (b) It shall not be grounds for removal from office if an
1-23 officer who receives funds under subsection (a) temporarily
1-24 deposits the funds in a holding account established at a
2-1 subdepository within the county for that purpose.
2-2 (c) The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit money
2-3 received from fees imposed under Article 102.012 of this code in
2-4 the special fund of the county treasury for the community
2-5 supervision and corrections department serving the county.
2-6 SECTION 2. This Act applies to recognizances, bail bonds,
2-7 fines, forfeitures, judgments, jury fees, and other obligations
2-8 collected on or after September 1, 1999. All such funds recovered
2-9 before September 1, 1999, are governed by the law in effect on the
2-10 date the funds are collected.
2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.