84R13254 BEF-F

By: Bernal H.B. No. 3431

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the imposition and use of the admission fee to sexually oriented businesses; increasing the amount of a fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 102.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an amount equal to $8 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to the business.

SECTION 2. Section 102.054, Business & Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 102.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit five-eighths of the amount [the first $25 million] received from the fee imposed under this subchapter [in a state fiscal biennium] to the credit of the sexual assault program fund, up to a maximum of $25 million each state fiscal biennium.

SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by adding Section 102.0555 to read as follows:

Sec. 102.0555. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. (a) The comptroller shall deposit three-eighths of the amount received from the fee imposed under this subchapter to the credit of the human trafficking prevention account, which is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for the purpose of awarding grants under this section. The governor's office administers the account.

(b) Using money received under this section, the criminal justice division of the governor's office shall award grants to district attorneys for the purpose of prosecuting human trafficking cases.

(c) The criminal justice division of the governor's office shall adopt rules to administer the grant program under this section.

SECTION 4. Section 102.055, Business & Commerce Code, is repealed.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.