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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of the compensation to victims of |
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crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 56.54, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m) Not later than September 15 of each year, the attorney |
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general, after consulting with the comptroller, shall certify the |
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amount of money remaining in the compensation to victims of crime |
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auxiliary fund at the end of the preceding state fiscal year. If |
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the amount remaining in the fund exceeds $5 million, as soon as |
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practicable after the date of certification, the attorney general |
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may transfer from that excess amount in the compensation to victims |
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of crime auxiliary fund to the compensation to victims of crime fund |
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an amount that is not more than 50 percent of the excess amount in |
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the auxiliary fund, to be used only for the purpose of making |
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compensation payments during the fiscal year in which the amount is |
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transferred. |
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SECTION 2. Article 56.541(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) At the time the attorney general certifies the estimates |
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made under Subsection (a), the attorney general shall also certify |
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for the next state fiscal biennium the amount of excess money in the |
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compensation to victims of crime fund available for the purposes of |
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Subsection (c), calculated by multiplying [subtracting] the amount |
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estimated under Subsection (a)(2) by 105 percent, and subtracting |
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that product from the sum of the amounts estimated under |
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Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3). |
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SECTION 3. The attorney general may not transfer money |
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under Article 56.54(m), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by |
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this Act, before the 2011 state fiscal year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |