78R5685 DRH-D

By:  Capelo                                                       H.B. No. 3309



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disposition of a county records management and 
preservation fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 118.0546(d), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The fee shall be used only for records management and 
preservation purposes in the county.  No expenditure may be made 
from this fund without prior approval of the commissioners court.  
If the district clerk performs records management and preservation 
functions for the county courts, the commissioners court shall 
allow the district clerk to make expenditures from the fund.
	SECTION 2.  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.