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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dedication of revenue received from certain court |
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costs to the truancy prevention and diversion fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Articles 102.015(a) and (g), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as added by Chapter 1213 (S.B. 1419), Acts of the 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are reenacted to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The truancy prevention and diversion fund is a dedicated |
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account in the general revenue fund. |
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(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under |
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this article to the credit of a dedicated account in the general |
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revenue fund to be known as the truancy prevention and diversion |
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fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the account only |
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to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for |
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distribution to local governmental entities for truancy prevention |
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and intervention services. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Chapter 839 (H.B. 6), Acts of |
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the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, money dedicated by |
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Article 102.015(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter |
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1213 (S.B. 1419), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2013, to the truancy prevention and diversion fund established by |
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Article 102.015, Code of Criminal Procedure, is rededicated by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |