Bill Text: TX HB3671 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to justice court security in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3671 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3671-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 3671 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3671: | |||
| By: Moody | C.S.H.B. No. 3671 | ||
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| relating to justice court security in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 27, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 27.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 27.007. JUSTICE COURT SECURITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. | ||
| (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 | ||
| million or more shall provide to each justice court in the county a | ||
| metal detection device and a constable, deputy constable, or deputy | ||
| sheriff for each door of the court open to the public. | ||
| (b) In complying with this section, the commissioners court | ||
| shall first use money in the county's courthouse security fund | ||
| established under Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure, and | ||
| only if necessary, money from the general revenue fund of the | ||
| county. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
