78R14712 GWK-D


By:  Berman                                                       H.B. No. 3305



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to ensuring cost savings in the operations of certain 
governmental entities that provide criminal justice and public 
safety services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 2102, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 2102.0041 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2102.0041.  EXEMPTION.  Notwithstanding Section 
2102.004, this chapter does not apply to the Criminal Justice 
Policy Council.
	SECTION 2.  The adjutant general's department shall reduce 
expenditures by instituting measures necessary to receive as much 
federal funding as possible while implementing cost-saving 
measures.
	SECTION 3.  Section 5.50(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commission may not increase or decrease a fee set by 
this code, but if a statute is enacted creating a certificate, 
permit, or license and there is no fee established, the commission 
by rule may set a fee.  The commission by rule shall assess and 
collect annual surcharges from all holders of a certificate, 
permit, or license issued by the commission in addition to any fee 
set by this code.  [The surcharges shall be set at a level so that 
the anticipated total of all fees collected by the commission for a 
fiscal year and all surcharges for a fiscal year are equal to the 
legislative appropriation to the commission for the regulation of 
alcoholic beverages.]  In assessing a surcharge, the commission may 
not overly penalize any segment of the alcoholic beverage industry 
or impose an undue hardship on small businesses.
	SECTION 4.  Section 61.084(f), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(f)  The commission shall transfer a person who has been 
sentenced under a determinate sentence to commitment under Section 
54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family Code, or who has been 
returned to the commission under Section 54.11(i)(1), Family Code, 
to the custody of the pardons and paroles division of the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice to serve the remainder of the 
person's sentence on parole as provided by Section 508.156, 
Government Code, when the person is released under supervision 
after becoming 18 [19] years of age.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.