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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses |
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related to pretrial intervention programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 102.0121(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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county attorney may collect a reimbursement fee in an amount not to |
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exceed $1,200 [$500] to be used to reimburse a county for expenses, |
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including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district |
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attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's |
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participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that |
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county. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a reimbursement fee for participation in a pretrial intervention |
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program for an offense committed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A reimbursement fee relating to an offense committed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |