Bill Text: TX SB967 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to retain certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB967 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB967-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 967 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a municipality or county to retain | ||
| certain fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 133.058, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A municipality or county may not retain a service fee | ||
| if, during an audit under Article 103.0033(j), Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial | ||
| System determines that the municipality or county is not in | ||
| compliance with Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, and | ||
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| unable to reestablish compliance on or before the 180th day after | ||
| the date the municipality or county receives written notice of | ||
| noncompliance from the office. After any period in which the | ||
| municipality or county becomes unable to retain a service fee under | ||
| this subsection, the municipality or county may begin once more to | ||
| retain the fee only on receipt of a written confirmation from the | ||
| office that the municipality or county is in compliance with | ||
| Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (c-1), Section 133.103, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) The treasurer shall send to the comptroller 100 | ||
| percent of the fees collected under this section if, during an audit | ||
| under Article 103.0033(j), Code of Criminal Procedure, the Office | ||
| of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System determines | ||
| that the municipality or county is not in compliance with Article | ||
| 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, and [ |
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| compliance on or before the 180th day after the date the | ||
| municipality or county receives written notice of noncompliance | ||
| from the office. After any period in which the treasurer is | ||
| required under this subsection to send 100 percent of the fees | ||
| collected under this section to the comptroller, the municipality | ||
| or county shall begin once more to dispose of fees as otherwise | ||
| provided by this section on receipt of a written confirmation from | ||
| the office that the municipality or county is in compliance with | ||
| Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 967 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 967 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
