By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 1125


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to drug task forces.                                                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 772.006, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  Any multijurisdictional drug task force that has not 
been awarded a grant under this section in the year 2004 is 
abolished.
	Section 2.  Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
	(q)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if 
a multijurisdicitional drug task force is involved in the seizure 
of contraband, the multijurisdicitional drug task force may only 
retain 50 percent of the disposition of proceeds from the 
forfeiture of the contraband.  The remaining 50 percent of the 
proceeds shall be deposited in a substance abuse treatment account 
in the county treasury in the county in which the seizure was made.  
Proceeds deposited in the substance abuse treatment account may 
only be used for the prevention of drug abuse, for chemical 
dependency treatment, or for any other service or program that will 
likely lead to the reduction of drug use in that county.
	Section 3.  Any multijurisdicitonal drug task force that is 
abolished by this Act must forfeit all remaining proceeds to the 
state treasury for deposit in the General Revenue Fund.
	Section 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all 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, 2005.