Bill Text: TX HB3713 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program to promote good citizenship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB3713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3713-Introduced.html
| By: Giddings | H.B. No. 3713 | |
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| relating to a grant program to promote good citizenship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 7.030 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.030. GOOD CITIZENSHIP ACCOUNT; GRANTS. (a) The good | ||
| citizenship account is a separate account in the general revenue | ||
| fund. The account is composed of money deposited to the credit of | ||
| the account under Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure. The | ||
| agency shall administer the account and shall spend money credited | ||
| to the account only to make grants to benefit school district | ||
| programs, including anger management programs and mediation | ||
| programs, that deter violence and promote interpersonal skills. | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall make grants from the account to | ||
| school districts as provided by this section for the promotion of | ||
| good citizenship to district students. | ||
| (c) The commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for | ||
| awarding grants. The rules must provide that: | ||
| (1) grants are awarded to school districts on an | ||
| annual basis through a competitive process; and | ||
| (2) a school district may only receive a grant from | ||
| money deposited to the credit of the good citizenship account that | ||
| was received from a fine imposed for an offense that occurred within | ||
| the district. | ||
| (d) To be eligible for a grant, a good citizenship program | ||
| offered by a school district must include methods to deter violence | ||
| and promote interpersonal skills among district students. | ||
| (e) The commissioner may adopt any rules necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) As provided by comptroller rule, the custodian of the | ||
| county treasury shall remit to the comptroller for deposit into the | ||
| good citizenship account created under Section 7.030, Education | ||
| Code, money received from a fine imposed for an offense that: | ||
| (1) is a Class C misdemeanor under Section 22.01, | ||
| Penal Code; | ||
| (2) does not involve: | ||
| (A) harassment, as defined by Section 37.001, | ||
| Education Code; or | ||
| (B) violence, sexual conduct, or bodily injury; | ||
| (3) involves open-handed physical conduct between two | ||
| or more students; and | ||
| (4) was committed by a person who is younger than 12 | ||
| years of age. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Article | ||
| 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a fine imposed | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A fine imposed before | ||
| the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when | ||
| the fine was imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than October 1, 2011, the comptroller | ||
| shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Article 103.004(e), | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
