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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality or county to retain |
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certain service fees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 133.058(e), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) A municipality or county may not retain a service fee |
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if, during an audit under Article 103.0033(j), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial |
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System determines that the municipality or county is not in |
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compliance with Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, and |
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[in the case of a municipality if] the municipality or county is |
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unable to reestablish compliance on or before the 180th day after |
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the date the municipality or county receives written notice of |
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noncompliance from the office. After any period in which the |
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municipality or county becomes unable to retain a service fee under |
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this subsection, the municipality or county may begin once more to |
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retain the fee only on receipt of a written confirmation from the |
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office that the municipality or county is in compliance with |
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Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |