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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disposition of fines imposed by certain municipalities |
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for traffic violations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 542.402(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In each fiscal year, a municipality having a population |
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of less than 5,000 may retain, from fines collected for violations |
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of this title and from special expenses collected under Article |
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45.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, in cases in which a violation of |
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this title is alleged, an amount equal to 30 percent of the |
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municipality's revenue for the preceding fiscal year from all |
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sources, other than federal funds and bond proceeds, as shown by the |
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audit performed under Section 103.001, Local Government Code. |
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After a municipality has retained that amount, the municipality |
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shall send to the comptroller any portion of a fine or a special |
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expense collected that exceeds $1. This subsection does not apply |
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to a municipality in which less than 10 percent of the traffic |
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citations issued by peace officers of the municipality in the |
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preceding fiscal year were for driving five miles per hour or less |
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above the posted speed limit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |