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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution of the consolidated court cost. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 133.102(e), Local Government Code is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The comptroller shall allocate the court costs received |
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under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each |
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receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as |
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applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have |
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received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been |
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collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund |
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may not receive less than the following percentages: |
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(1) [abused children's counseling 0.0088 percent;
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[(2)] crime stoppers assistance 0.2581 percent; |
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(2[3]) breath alcohol testing 0.5507 percent; |
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(3[4]) Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management |
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Institute 2.1683 percent; |
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(4[5]) law enforcement officers standards and education |
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5.0034 percent; |
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[(6) comprehensive rehabilitation 9.8218 percent;] |
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(5[7]) law enforcement and custodial officer |
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supplemental retirement fund 11.1426 percent; |
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(6[8]) criminal justice planning 12.5537 percent; |
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(7[9]) an account in the state treasury to be used only |
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for the establishment and operation of the Center for the Study and |
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Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M |
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University 1.2090 percent; |
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(8[10]) compensation to victims of crime fund |
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37.6338 percent; |
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(9[11]) emergency radio infrastructure account |
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5.5904 percent; |
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(10[12]) judicial and court personnel training fund |
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4.8362 percent; |
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(11[13]) an account in the state treasury to be used for |
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the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management |
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Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center Account |
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1.2090 percent; and |
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(12[14]) fair defense account 17.8448[8.0143] |
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percent. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-third 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, 2017. |