By: Whitmire  S.B. No. 1780
         (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2007; March 21, 2007, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 10, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; April 10, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to
  fund the operation of drug court programs in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (r) to read as follows:
         (r)  As a specific exception to the requirement of
  Subdivisions (1)-(3) of Subsection (c) that the funds described by
  those subdivisions be used only for the official purposes of the
  attorney representing the state or for law enforcement purposes, in
  any county that implements or operates a drug court program under
  Chapter 469, Health and Safety Code, the attorney representing the
  state shall deposit 10 percent of the gross amount credited to the
  attorney's fund into the county treasury. The commissioners court
  shall use the funds received under this subsection to implement or
  operate the drug court program in the county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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