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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