By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1092

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2015; March 16, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 16, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 16, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1092 By: Taylor of Galveston

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations.

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

SECTION 1. Section 351.901(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The commissioners court of a county by contract may donate money to one or more crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations for expenditure by the organizations to meet the goals identified in Subsection (a). The total amount of all donations made in a calendar year may not exceed:

(1) $25,000; or

(2) $100,000, for a county with a population of one million or more.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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