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