78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1940, Chapter 1083 Page: 3 of 6
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H.B. No. 1940
1 reducing the amount payable to each county on an equal percentage
2 basis. A county that receives from the comptroller an amount less
3 than the amount certified by the county to the comptroller under
4 Subsection (d) shall apportion the funds received by reducing the
5 amount payable to eligible assistant prosecutors on an equal
6 percentage basis, but is not required to use county funds to make up
7 any difference between the amount certified and the amount
8 received.
9 (q) If previous payments under this chapter have been
10 reduced for insufficient funds pursuant to Subsection (f)_, or if a
11 county submits the required information but not in a timely manner
12 as required by Subsection (d), the comptroller shall:
13 (1) make a payment of the balance when the funds are
14 available; or
15 (2) carry forward the balance owed to the county and
16 pay that amount to the county when the next payment is required.
17 SECTION 4. Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Government Code, is
18 amended by adding Section 41.258 to read as follows:
19 Sec. 41.258. FELONY PROSECUTOR SUPPLEMENT FUND AND FAIR
20 DEFENSE ACCOUNT. (a) The felony prosecutor supplement fund is
21 created in the state treasury.
22 (b) A court, judge, magistrate, peace officer, or other
23 officer taking a bail bond for an offense other than a misdemeanor
24 punishable by fine only under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal
25 procedure, shall require the payment of a $15 cost by each surety
26 posting the bail bond, provided the cost does not exceed $30 for all
27 bail bonds posted at that time for an individual and the cost is not3
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1940, Chapter 1083, legislative document, June 20, 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158314/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.