88R13036 MCF-F     By: Leach H.B. No. 4633       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to financial responsibilities and requirements of   community supervision and corrections departments and certain   judges.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42A.652(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (f)  A judge shall deposit any reimbursement fee received   under this article in the account described by Section   76.009(a-1)(1)(A), Government Code [special fund of the county   treasury], to be used for the same purposes for which state aid may   be used under Chapter 76, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 76.004(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  The judges described by Section 76.002 may appoint for   the department a fiscal officer, other than the county   auditor.  The fiscal officer is responsible for:                (1)  managing and protecting funds, fees, state aid,   and receipts to the same extent that a county auditor manages county   funds and funds of other local entities;                (2)  ensuring that financial transactions of the   department are lawful and allowable; [and]                (3)  prescribing accounting procedures for the   department; and                (4)  preventing the commingling of funds, fees, and   state aid.          SECTION 3.  Section 76.009, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:          (a-1)  The department shall:                (1)  maintain at least two separate accounts in the   special fund of the county treasury described by Section   509.011(c), of which:                      (A)  one account must be used for the deposit of   all local fees collected, including reimbursement fees and program   participant fees; and                      (B)  one account must be used for the deposit of   state aid received from the division;                (2)  prescribe accounting procedures to prevent the   commingling of funds, fees, and state aid; and                (3)  not later than the 90th day after the last day of a   state fiscal biennium, transfer any unexpended and unencumbered   state aid received by the department for that biennium to the   division.          (a-2)  The division shall transfer money received from the   department under Subsection (a-1)(3) to the state treasury.          SECTION 4.  Section 76.015(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  A department that collects a reimbursement fee [money]   under this section shall deposit the fee in the account described by   Section 76.009(a-1)(1)(A), to be used for the same purposes for   which state aid may be used under this chapter [promptly transfer   the money collected to the appropriate county or state officer].          SECTION 5.  Section 509.011(g), Government Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.