Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 56.541. Appropriation Of Excess Money For Other Crime Victim Assistance
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Art. 56.541. APPROPRIATION OF EXCESS MONEY FOR OTHER CRIME
VICTIM ASSISTANCE. (a) Not later than December 15 of each
even-numbered year, the attorney general, after consulting with the
comptroller, shall prepare forecasts and certify estimates of:
(1) the amount of money that the attorney general
anticipates will be received from deposits made to the credit of the
compensation to victims of crime fund during the next state fiscal
biennium, other than deposits of:
(A) gifts, grants, and donations; and
(B) money received from the United States;
(2) the amount of money from the fund that the attorney
general anticipates will be obligated during the next state fiscal
biennium to comply with this chapter; and
(3) the amount of money in the fund that the attorney
general anticipates will remain unexpended at the end of the
current state fiscal year and that is available for appropriation
in the next state fiscal biennium.
(b) At the time the attorney general certifies the estimates
made under Subsection (a), the attorney general shall also certify
for the next state fiscal biennium the amount of excess money in the
compensation to victims of crime fund for purposes of Subsection
(c), calculated by subtracting the amount estimated under
Subsection (a)(2) from the sum of the amounts estimated under
Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3).
(c) For a state fiscal biennium, the legislature may
appropriate from the compensation to victims of crime fund the
amount of excess money in the fund certified for the biennium under
Subsection (b) to state agencies that deliver or fund
victim-related services or assistance.
(d) The attorney general and the comptroller shall
cooperate in determining the proper allocation of the various
sources of revenue deposited to the credit of the compensation to
victims of crime fund for purposes of this article.
(e) The attorney general may use money appropriated from the
compensation to victims of crime fund for grants or contracts
supporting victim-related services or assistance, including
support for private Texas nonprofit corporations that provide
victim-related civil legal services directly to victims, immediate
family members of victims, or claimants. A grant supporting
victim-related services or assistance is governed by Chapter 783,
Government Code.
(f) The attorney general shall adopt rules necessary to
carry out this article.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1042, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Subsec. (e) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1077, Sec. 1, eff.
Aug. 30, 1999; Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 66,
Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Article: 56.48 56.49 56.50 56.51 56.52 56.53 56.54 56.541 56.542 56.58 56.60 56.61 56.62 56.63 56.64
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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