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