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. ______________________________ ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ 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. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor