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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of money deposited to a justice court technology |
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fund in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) A justice court may, subject to the approval of the |
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commissioners court, use a fund designated by this article to |
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assist a constable's office or other county department with a |
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technological enhancement, or cost related to the enhancement, |
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described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the enhancement directly |
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relates to the operation or efficiency of the justice court. This |
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subsection applies only to a county that: |
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(1) has a population of 125,000 or more; |
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(2) is not adjacent to a county of two million or more; |
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(3) contains a portion of the Guadalupe River; and |
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(4) contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |