1-1     By:  Hartnett (Senate Sponsor - Cain)                 H.B. No. 1107
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably, as
 1-5     amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent
 1-6     to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                              By:  Lindsay
 1-8           Amend H.B. 1107 by striking "in a county with 30 or more
 1-9     district courts," on page 1, line 29 of the bill (House Engrossed
1-10     Version).
1-11                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12                                   AN ACT
1-13     relating to the use of money in the county law library fund.
1-14           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-15           SECTION 1.  Section 323.023, Local Government Code, is
1-16     amended by amending Subsection (b), adding a new Subsection (c),
1-17     and relettering existing Subsection (c) as Subsection (d) to read
1-18     as follows:
1-19           (b)  The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
1-20     costs and pay them to the county treasurer, or to any other
1-21     official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county
1-22     treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the county law
1-23     library fund.  The fund may be used only for:
1-24                 (1)  [the purpose of] establishing the law library
1-25     after the entry of the order creating it;
1-26                 (2)  [or for the purpose of] purchasing or leasing
1-27     library materials, maintaining the library, or acquiring furniture,
1-28     shelving, or equipment for the library; or
1-29                 (3)  in a county with 30 or more district courts,
1-30     purchasing or leasing library materials or acquiring library
1-31     equipment, including computers, software, and subscriptions to
1-32     obtain access to electronic research networks for use by judges in
1-33     the county.
1-34           (c)  Expenditures by a county under Subsection (b)(3) may not
1-35     exceed $175,000 each year.  Any unexpended and unobligated balance
1-36     allocated by the county for Subsection (b)(3) purposes that remains
1-37     at the end of the county's fiscal year remains available for use
1-38     for Subsection (b)(3) purposes during subsequent fiscal years.
1-39           (d)  The county law library fund shall be administered by or
1-40     under the direction of the commissioners court.
1-41           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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