82R8223 JAM-D
 
  By: Isaac H.B. No. 1519
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations
  collected by certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 542.402(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In each fiscal year, a municipality having a population
  of less than 1,000 [5,000] may retain, from fines collected for
  violations of this title and from special expenses collected under
  Article 45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, in cases in which a
  violation of this title is alleged, an amount equal to 30 percent of
  the municipality's revenue for the preceding fiscal year from all
  sources, other than federal funds and bond proceeds, as shown by the
  audit performed under Section 103.001, Local Government Code.
  After a municipality has retained that amount, the municipality
  shall send to the comptroller any portion of a fine or a special
  expense collected that exceeds $1.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.