By Hartnett H.B. No. 1107
77R5095 MI-F
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(b), Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
1-7 costs and pay them to the county treasurer, or to any other
1-8 official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county
1-9 treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the county law
1-10 library fund. The fund may be used only for:
1-11 (1) [the purpose of] establishing the law library
1-12 after the entry of the order creating it;
1-13 (2) [or for the purpose of] purchasing or leasing
1-14 library materials, maintaining the library, or acquiring furniture,
1-15 shelving, or equipment for the library; or
1-16 (3) in a county with 30 or more district courts,
1-17 purchasing or leasing library materials or acquiring library
1-18 equipment, including computers, software, and subscriptions to
1-19 obtain access to electronic research networks for use by judges in
1-20 the county.
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.