BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1931 |
By: Guillen |
Homeland Security & Public Safety |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that currently, a municipality or county may transfer funds in excess of $1,000 from an account containing criminal asset forfeiture revenue to the municipality's or county's general revenue account to be used by the law enforcement agency entitled to the proceeds to compensate property owners whose property was damaged as a result of a criminal pursuit. C.S.H.B. 1931 seeks to extend the authority to compensate property owners in that manner to attorneys representing the state.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1931 amends the Transportation Code to authorize a county with a population of 150,000 or less or a municipality in a county with a population of 150,000 or less to transfer to the attorney representing the state any funds from the proceeds of the sale of certain abandoned motor vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motors previously transferred to a law enforcement agency that were not used by the law enforcement agency before the 90th day after the date of the transfer. The bill authorizes the attorney representing the state to use the transferred funds in the manner provided for a law enforcement agency to compensate property owners whose property was damaged as a result of a pursuit involving the law enforcement agency.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1931 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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