78R7602 KEL-D
By: Wise H.B. No. 1726
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to
fund certain counseling for victims of crime.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (p) to
read as follows:
(i) The governing body of a political subdivision may not
use funds received under this subchapter for programs or facilities
listed under Subsection (h)(1), (h)(2), (h)(3), or (p) [Subsections
(h)(1)-(3)] if an officer of or member of the Board of Directors of
the entity providing the program or facility is related to a member
of the governing body, the attorney representing the state, or the
head of the law enforcement agency within the third degree by
consanguinity or the second degree by affinity.
(p) As a specific exception to the requirement of
Subdivisions (1)-(3) of Subsection (c) that the funds described by
those subdivisions be used only for the official purposes of the
attorney representing the state or for law enforcement purposes, on
agreement between the attorney representing the state or the head
of a law enforcement agency and the governing body of a political
subdivision, the attorney representing the state or the head of the
law enforcement agency shall comply with the request of the
governing body to deposit not more than a total of 10 percent of the
gross amount credited to the attorney's or agency's fund into the
treasury of the political subdivision. The governing body of the
political subdivision shall, by ordinance, order, or resolution,
use funds received under this subsection for child or family
counseling programs for victims of criminal offenses.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.