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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to administration of a justice court technology fund in |
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certain counties by a justice of the peace council. |
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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 amending Subsections (e) and (f) and adding Subsection |
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(g) to read as follows: |
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(e) The justice court technology fund shall be administered |
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by or under the direction of: |
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(1) a justice of the peace council composed of five or |
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more members; or |
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(2) if a county does not have a council described by |
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Subdivision (1), the commissioners court of the county. |
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(f) A justice court may, subject to the approval of the |
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entity that administers the justice court technology fund, as |
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provided by Subsection (e) [commissioners court], use a fund |
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designated by this article to assist a constable's office or other |
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county department with a technological enhancement, or cost related |
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to the enhancement, described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the |
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enhancement directly relates to the operation or efficiency of the |
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justice court. This 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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(g) In this article, "justice of the peace council" means a |
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council formed by and composed of members who serve as a justice of |
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the peace in the same county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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