77R10360 MI-D                           
         By Hartnett                                           H.B. No. 1107
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1107:
         By Thompson                                       C.S.H.B. No. 1107
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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 a new Subsection (c),
 1-6     and relettering existing Subsection (c) as Subsection (d) to read
 1-7     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)  in a county with 30 or more district courts,
1-19     purchasing or leasing library materials or acquiring library
1-20     equipment, including computers, software, and subscriptions to
1-21     obtain access to electronic research networks for use by judges in
1-22     the county.
1-23           (c)  Expenditures by a county under Subsection (b)(3) may not
1-24     exceed $175,000 each year.  Any unexpended and unobligated balance
 2-1     allocated by the county for Subsection (b)(3) purposes that remains
 2-2     at the end of the county's fiscal year remains available for use
 2-3     for Subsection (b)(3) purposes during subsequent fiscal years.
 2-4           (d)   The county law library fund shall be administered by or
 2-5     under the direction of the commissioners court.
 2-6           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.