Bill Text: TX SB1244 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the sexual assault program fund.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-21 - Referred to Appropriations [SB1244 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1244-Engrossed.html

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By: Huffman, West S.B. No. 1244

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain revenue to the sexual assault
program fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 420.008(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The fund consists of:
(1) fees and fines collected under:
(A) Article 42A.653(a), Code of Criminal
Procedure;
(B) Section 508.189, Government Code; and
(C) Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business &
Commerce Code, and deposited under Section 102.054 of that code;
[and]
(2) administrative penalties collected under Section
51.258, Education Code; and
(3) amounts allocated under Section 183.054, Tax Code.
SECTION 2. Section 183.023(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsection (c) of
this section or Subchapter C of this chapter, the comptroller shall
deposit the revenue received under this section in the general
revenue fund.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 183, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 183.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 183.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE TO SEXUAL
ASSAULT PROGRAM FUND. The comptroller shall deposit an amount of
money equal to one percent of the revenue received under
Subchapters B and B-1 to the credit of the sexual assault program
fund established under Section 420.008, Government Code.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.