By Hartnett H.B. No. 1220
77R1348 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to payments made to certain counties from the judicial
1-3 fund and to the creation and use of an excess contributions fund in
1-4 each of those counties.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 25.00212(b), Government Code, is amended
1-7 to read as follows:
1-8 (b) The amounts remitted under Subsection (a) shall be paid
1-9 to the county treasury for deposit in the excess contributions fund
1-10 created under Section 25.00213 [county's general fund to be used
1-11 only for court-related purposes for the support of the judiciary as
1-12 provided by Section 21.006].
1-13 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 25, Government Code, is
1-14 amended by adding Section 25.00213 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 25.00213. EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS FUND. (a) An excess
1-16 contributions fund is created in the county treasury of each county
1-17 that collects the additional fees under Section 51.704.
1-18 (b) Money in an excess contributions fund created under this
1-19 section may be used only for court-related purposes for the support
1-20 of the statutory probate courts in the county.
1-21 (c) A county may not reduce the amount of funds provided for
1-22 the support of the statutory probate courts in the county because
1-23 of the availability of funds from the county's excess contributions
1-24 fund.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.