87R3085 SMT-D
 
  By: Rose, Rodriguez H.B. No. 3482
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of "indigent defense compensation
  expenditures" for purposes of the adjustment of a county's
  no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate to reflect
  increases in those expenditures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 26.0442(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "indigent defense compensation
  expenditures" for a tax year means the difference between:
               (1)  the amount paid by a county in the period beginning
  on July 1 of the tax year preceding the tax year for which the tax is
  adopted and ending on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is
  adopted to:
                     (A)  provide appointed counsel for indigent
  individuals in criminal or civil proceedings in accordance with the
  schedule of fees adopted under Article 26.05, Code of Criminal
  Procedure; or
                     (B)  fund the operations of a public defender's
  office under Article 26.044, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
               (2)  [, in the period beginning on July 1 of the tax
  year preceding the tax year for which the tax is adopted and ending
  on June 30 of the tax year for which the tax is adopted, less] the
  amount of any state grants received by the county during that period
  for those purposes [the same purpose].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
  calculation of the no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate
  for a county only for a tax year beginning on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.