By: Nelson S.B. No. 1135
73R4489 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees charged by county attorneys, district attorneys,
1-3 and criminal district attorneys for processing certain checks and
1-4 similar sight orders.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Article 102.007(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
1-7 is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) The amount of the fee may not exceed:
1-9 (1) $35 <$5> if the face amount of the check or sight
1-10 order does not exceed $100 <$10>;
1-11 (2) $50 <$10> if the face amount of the check or sight
1-12 order is greater than $100 <$10> but does not exceed $300 <$100>;
1-13 (3) $75 <$30> if the face amount of the check or sight
1-14 order is greater than $300 <$100> but does not exceed $500 <$300>;
1-15 and
1-16 (4) $100 <$50> if the face amount of the check or
1-17 sight order is greater than $500 <$300 but does not exceed $500;
1-18 and>
1-19 <(5) $75 if the face amount of the check or sight
1-20 order is greater than $500>.
1-21 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-22 to a check or similar sight order issued on or after the effective
1-23 date of this Act. A check or similar sight order issued before the
1-24 effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
2-1 day of issuance, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-2 purpose.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.