Sec. 414.010. PAYMENTS FROM DEFENDANTS ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; REWARD REPAYMENTS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a crime stoppers organization certified by the council to receive money in the form of payments from defendants placed on community supervision under Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or money in the form of repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, may use not more than 20 percent of the money annually received to pay costs incurred in administering the organization and shall use the remainder of the money, including any interest earned on the money, only to reward persons who report information concerning criminal activity. Not later than January 31 of each year, a crime stoppers organization that receives or expends money under this section shall file a detailed report with the council.

(b) A crime stoppers organization shall establish a separate reward account for money received under this section.

(c) Not later than the 60th day after the date of dissolution or decertification of a crime stoppers organization, a dissolved or decertified organization shall forward all unexpended money received under this section to the comptroller. The comptroller shall deposit the money in the crime stoppers assistance account in the general revenue fund.

(d) If the amount of funds received by a crime stoppers organization under this section exceeds three times the amount of funds that the organization uses to pay rewards during a fiscal year based on the average amount of funds used to pay rewards during each of the preceding three fiscal years, the organization may deposit the excess amount of funds in a separate interest-bearing account to be used by the organization for law enforcement purposes relating to crime stoppers or juvenile justice, including intervention, apprehension, and adjudication. An organization that deposits excess funds in an account as provided by this subsection may use any interest earned on the funds to pay costs incurred in administering the organization.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 3.019, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 756, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1466, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 390, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.