Bill Text: TX HB2235 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB2235 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2235-Engrossed.html

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86R18234 TSS-D
By: Thompson of Harris, Longoria H.B. No. 2235

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount credited in a state fiscal year to the
judicial fund to provide basic civil legal services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 402.007(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The total amount credited to the judicial fund for
programs approved by the supreme court that provide basic civil
legal services to the indigent under Subsection (b) may not exceed
$50 million per state fiscal year [biennium].
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.