TITLE: Relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations collected by certain municipalities and counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations collected by certain municipalities and counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the disposition of fines for traffic violations collected by certain municipalities and counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 542.402(b-1), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (b-1) A [Subject to Subsection (b-2), a] county may use a fine collected for a violation of a highway law as the county determines appropriate if: (1) the county has a population of less than 5,000; and (2) the commissioners court of the county by resolution elects to spend the revenue in a manner other than as provided by Subsection (a). SECTION 2. Sections 542.402(b), (b-2), (c), (d), (d-1), (e), (f), and (g), Transportation Code, are repealed. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section 542.402, Transportation Code, applies only to the fiscal year of a municipality or county that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.