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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or |
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proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental |
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illness. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Costs under this section include: |
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(1) attorney's fees; |
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(2) physician examination fees; |
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(3) compensation for court-appointed personnel listed |
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under Section 571.017; |
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(4) expenses of transportation to a mental health |
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facility or to a federal agency not to exceed $50 if transporting |
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within the same county and not to exceed the reasonable cost of |
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transportation if transporting between counties; |
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(5) costs and salary supplements authorized under |
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Sections 574.031(i) and (j); [and] |
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(6) prosecutor's fees authorized under Section |
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574.031(k); and |
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(7) court reporter costs. |
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SECTION 2. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to the court reporter costs |
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incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Court reporter |
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costs incurred before the effective date of this Act are governed by |
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the law in effect when the hearing was initiated, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |