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78R4089 BDH-D

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 1537



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of excess money in the compensation to victims 
of crime fund.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 56.541(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  For a state fiscal biennium, the legislature may 
appropriate to the attorney general from the compensation to 
victims of crime fund the amount of excess money in the fund 
certified for the biennium under Subsection (b) [to state agencies 
that deliver or fund victim-related services or assistance].  The 
attorney general may use funds appropriated under this subsection 
only for the support of victim-related services and assistance.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.