1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the use of money in the county law library fund.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 323.023, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended by amending Subsection (b), adding new Subsections (c) and
1-6 (d), and relettering existing Subsection (c) as Subsection (e) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (b) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
1-9 costs and pay them to the county treasurer, or to any other
1-10 official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county
1-11 treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the county law
1-12 library fund. The fund may be used only for:
1-13 (1) [the purpose of] establishing the law library
1-14 after the entry of the order creating it;
1-15 (2) [or for the purpose of] purchasing or leasing
1-16 library materials, maintaining the library, or acquiring furniture,
1-17 shelving, or equipment for the library; or
1-18 (3) purchasing or leasing library materials or
1-19 acquiring library equipment, including computers, software, and
1-20 subscriptions to obtain access to electronic research networks for
1-21 use by judges in the county.
1-22 (c) Money in the fund may be used for the purposes described
1-23 by Subsection (b)(3) only if the county's law librarian or, if the
1-24 county has no law librarian, the person responsible for the
2-1 county's law library, authorizes the use in consultation with the
2-2 county auditor.
2-3 (d) Expenditures by a county under Subsection (b)(3) may not
2-4 exceed $175,000 each year. Any unexpended and unobligated balance
2-5 allocated by the county for Subsection (b)(3) purposes that remains
2-6 at the end of the county's fiscal year remains available for use
2-7 for Subsection (b)(3) purposes during subsequent fiscal years.
2-8 (e) The county law library fund shall be administered by or
2-9 under the direction of the commissioners court.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1107 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1107 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1107 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor