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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain |
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populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention |
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organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 351.901(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county by contract may |
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donate money to one or more crime stoppers or crime prevention |
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organizations for expenditure by the organizations to meet the |
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goals identified in Subsection (a). The total amount of all |
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donations made in a calendar year may not exceed: |
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(1) $25,000; or |
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(2) $100,000, for a county with a population of one |
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million or more. |
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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, 2015. |