79R5905 KCR-F


By:  Turner                                                       H.B. No. 1489


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of the amount 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(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (b) At the time the attorney general certifies the estimates made under Subsection (a), the attorney general shall also certify for the next state fiscal biennium the amount of excess money in the compensation to victims of crime fund for purposes of Subsection (c), calculated by subtracting [multiplying] the amount estimated under Subsection (a)(2) [by 120 percent, and subtracting that product] from the sum of the amounts estimated under Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.