H.B. No. 2157
AN ACT
relating to the use of the judicial and court personnel training
fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 56.003(b) and (f), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) No more than one-third of the funds appropriated for any
fiscal year shall be used for the continuing legal education of
judges of appellate courts, district courts, county courts at law,
county courts performing judicial functions, full-time associate
judges and masters appointed pursuant to Chapter 201 [Section
201.001], Family Code, and full-time masters, magistrates,
referees, and associate judges appointed pursuant to Chapter 54 as
required by the court of criminal appeals under Section 74.025 and
of their court personnel.
(f) The court of criminal appeals shall grant legal funds to
statewide professional associations of prosecuting attorneys,
criminal defense attorneys who regularly represent indigent
defendants in criminal matters, and justices of the peace, and
other entities. The association's or entity's [whose] purposes
must include providing continuing legal education, technical
assistance, and other support programs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2157 was passed by the House on April
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2157 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor