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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection of a family protection fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.961(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The clerk shall pay a [one-half of the] fee collected |
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under this section to the appropriate officer of the county in which |
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the suit is filed for deposit in the county treasury to the credit |
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of the family protection account. The account may be used by the |
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commissioners court of the county only to fund a service provider |
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located in that county or an adjacent county. The commissioners |
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court may provide funding to a nonprofit organization that provides |
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services described by Subsection (e). |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.961(g), Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |