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.