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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain fees collected for pretrial |
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intervention programs offered in a county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 102.0121, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection |
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(d) to read as follows: |
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(a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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county attorney may collect a fee in an amount not to exceed $500 to |
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be used for the purposes provided by Subsection (d) [to reimburse a
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county for expenses, including expenses of the district attorney's,
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criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's office, related
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to a defendant's participation in a pretrial intervention program
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offered in that county]. |
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(c) Fees collected under this article shall be deposited in |
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the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the |
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district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney. |
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Approval of expenditures from the fund is at the sole discretion of |
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the attorney [used solely to administer the pretrial intervention
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program.
An expenditure from the fund may be made only in
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accordance with a budget approved by the commissioners court]. |
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(d) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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county attorney shall use money in the fund to reimburse a county |
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for expenses, including expenses of the district attorney's, |
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criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's office, related |
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to a defendant's participation in a pretrial intervention program |
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offered in that county. The district attorney, criminal district |
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attorney, or county attorney may use any remaining amount to defray |
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the salaries and expenses of the prosecutor's office, but the |
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attorney may not use money in the fund to supplement the attorney's |
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own salary. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |