By Krusee                                             H.B. No. 3423
         77R3672 GWK-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the expenditure of certain funds for the purpose of
 1-3     courthouse security.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           (d)  The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the
 1-9     costs and pay them to the custodian of the county or municipal
1-10     treasury [treasurer], as appropriate, [or to any other official who
1-11     discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county or municipal
1-12     treasurer, as appropriate,] for deposit in a fund to be known as
1-13     the courthouse security fund or a fund to be known as the municipal
1-14     court building security fund, as appropriate.  The custodian of the
1-15     county treasury shall keep a record indicating for each justice
1-16     court, county court, county court at law, or district court the
1-17     amount collected under this article by that court.  The municipal
1-18     court building security [A] fund [designated by this subsection]
1-19     may be used only to finance items when used for the purpose of
1-20     providing security services for buildings housing a [district,
1-21     county, justice, or] municipal court, [as appropriate,] including:
1-22                 (1)  the purchase or repair of X-ray machines and
1-23     conveying systems;
1-24                 (2)  handheld metal detectors;
 2-1                 (3)  walkthrough metal detectors;
 2-2                 (4)  identification cards and systems;
 2-3                 (5)  electronic locking and surveillance equipment;
 2-4                 (6)  bailiffs[, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables,] or
 2-5     contract security personnel during times when they are providing
 2-6     appropriate security services;
 2-7                 (7)  signage;
 2-8                 (8)  confiscated weapon inventory and tracking systems;
 2-9                 (9)  locks, chains, alarms, or similar security
2-10     devices;
2-11                 (10)  the purchase or repair of bullet-proof glass; and
2-12                 (11)  continuing education on security issues for court
2-13     personnel and security personnel.
2-14           (f)  If the judge of a justice court, county court, county
2-15     court at law, or district court requests that the commissioners
2-16     court provide security in the building housing the court, the
2-17     commissioners court annually shall provide for the security of the
2-18     court not less than 30 percent of the fees collected under this
2-19     article by the court during the preceding year.  If the judge
2-20     requests more than one security service or item, the commissioners
2-21     court shall establish a priority for the items or services
2-22     requested.
2-23           SECTION 2.  The commissioners court of a county shall provide
2-24     security in a building housing a court as required by Article
2-25     102.017(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act,
2-26     beginning on the first day of the first fiscal year after the
2-27     custodian of the county treasury has for 12 consecutive months kept
 3-1     records of collections in individual courts, as required by Article
 3-2     102.017(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act.
 3-3           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.