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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolishing a fee imposed on certain sexually oriented |
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businesses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 420.008(b) and (c), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The fund consists of fees collected under: |
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(1) Section 19(e), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; and |
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(2) Section 508.189, Government Code[; and
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[(3)
Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce
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Code, and deposited under Section 102.054]. |
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(c) The legislature may appropriate money deposited to the |
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credit of the fund only to: |
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(1) the attorney general, for: |
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(A) sexual violence awareness and prevention |
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campaigns; |
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(B) grants to faith-based groups, independent |
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school districts, and community action organizations for programs |
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for the prevention of sexual assault and programs for victims of |
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human trafficking; |
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(C) grants for equipment for sexual assault nurse |
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examiner programs, to support the preceptorship of future sexual |
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assault nurse examiners, and for the continuing education of sexual |
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assault nurse examiners; |
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(D) grants to increase the level of sexual |
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assault services in this state; |
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(E) grants to support victim assistance |
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coordinators; |
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(F) grants to support technology in rape crisis |
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centers; |
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(G) grants to and contracts with a statewide |
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nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under |
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Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, having as a |
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primary purpose ending sexual violence in this state, for programs |
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for the prevention of sexual violence, outreach programs, and |
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technical assistance to and support of youth and rape crisis |
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centers working to prevent sexual violence; and |
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(H) grants to regional nonprofit providers of |
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civil legal services to provide legal assistance for sexual assault |
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victims; |
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(2) the Department of State Health Services, to |
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measure the prevalence of sexual assault in this state and for |
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grants to support programs assisting victims of human trafficking; |
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(3) the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual |
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Assault at The University of Texas at Austin, to conduct research on |
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all aspects of sexual assault and domestic violence; |
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(4) Texas State University, for training and technical |
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assistance to independent school districts for campus safety; |
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(5) the office of the governor, for grants to support |
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sexual assault and human trafficking prosecution projects; |
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(6) the Department of Public Safety, to support sexual |
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assault training for commissioned officers; |
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(7) the comptroller's judiciary section, for |
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increasing the capacity of the sex offender civil commitment |
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program; |
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(8) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice: |
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(A) for pilot projects for monitoring sex |
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offenders on parole; and |
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(B) for increasing the number of adult |
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incarcerated sex offenders receiving treatment; |
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(9) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
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Commission], for increasing the number of incarcerated juvenile sex |
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offenders receiving treatment; and |
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(10) [the comptroller, for the administration of the
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fee imposed on sexually oriented businesses under Section 102.052,
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Business & Commerce Code; and
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[(11)] the supreme court, to be transferred to the |
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Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, or a similar entity, to |
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provide victim-related legal services to sexual assault victims, |
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including legal assistance with protective orders, |
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relocation-related matters, victim compensation, and actions to |
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secure privacy protections available to victims under law. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Business & Commerce |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The repeal of Subchapter B, Chapter 102, |
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Business & Commerce Code, by this Act does not affect a fee imposed |
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by that subchapter before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in |
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effect for purposes of the administration, collection, allocation, |
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and enforcement of a fee imposed before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |