By Keel H.B. No. 2166
77R6593 GWK-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the designation of excess funds in the compensation to
1-3 victims of crime fund.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Articles 56.541(b) and (c), Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) At the time the attorney general certifies the estimates
1-8 made under Subsection (a), the attorney general shall also certify
1-9 for the next state fiscal biennium the amount of excess money in
1-10 the compensation to victims of crime fund for purposes of
1-11 Subsection (c), calculated by multiplying the amount estimated
1-12 under Subsection (a)(2) by 120 percent, and subtracting that
1-13 product from the sum of the amounts estimated under Subsections
1-14 (a)(1) and (a)(3). The attorney general shall designate the excess
1-15 money as the Nell Myers estimated account for victim-related
1-16 services and assistance.
1-17 (c) For a state fiscal biennium, the legislature may
1-18 appropriate from the compensation to victims of crime fund the
1-19 amount of [excess] money in the Nell Myers estimated account for
1-20 victim-related services and assistance [fund certified for the
1-21 biennium under Subsection (b)] to state agencies that deliver or
1-22 fund victim-related services or assistance.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.