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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition and use of the admission fee to sexually |
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oriented businesses; increasing the amount of a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an |
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amount equal to $8 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to |
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the business. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.054, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL |
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ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit five-eighths of |
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the amount [the first $25 million] received from the fee imposed |
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under this subchapter [in a state fiscal biennium] to the credit of |
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the sexual assault program fund, up to a maximum of $25 million each |
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state fiscal biennium. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 102.0555 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.0555. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR HUMAN |
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TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. (a) The comptroller shall deposit |
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three-eighths of the amount received from the fee imposed under |
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this subchapter to the credit of the human trafficking prevention |
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account, which is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund |
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that may be appropriated only to the criminal justice division of |
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the governor's office for the purpose of awarding grants under this |
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section. The governor's office administers the account. |
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(b) Using money received under this section, the criminal |
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justice division of the governor's office shall award grants to |
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district attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting human trafficking |
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cases. |
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(c) The criminal justice division of the governor's office |
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shall adopt rules to administer the grant program under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 4. Section 102.055, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |