By Kamel, Park, Dear, et al. H.B. No. 120 74R494 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the imposition of a fee on a defendant who requests 1-3 participation in a teen court program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.032, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) In addition to the fee authorized by Subsection (e), the 1-8 court may require a child who requests a teen court program to pay 1-9 a $10 fee to cover the cost to the teen court for performing its 1-10 duties under this section. The court shall pay the fee to the teen 1-11 court program, and the teen court program must account to the court 1-12 for the receipt and disbursal of the fee. A child who pays a fee 1-13 under this subsection is not entitled to a refund of the fee, 1-14 regardless of whether the child successfully completes the teen 1-15 court program. 1-16 SECTION 2. Article 45.55, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-17 amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-18 (g) In addition to the fee authorized by Subsection (e) of 1-19 this article, the court may require a child who requests a teen 1-20 court program to pay a $10 fee to cover the cost to the teen court 1-21 for performing its duties under this article. The court shall pay 1-22 the fee to the teen court program, and the teen court program must 1-23 account to the court for the receipt and disbursal of the fee. A 1-24 child who pays a fee under this subsection is not entitled to a 2-1 refund of the fee, regardless of whether the child successfully 2-2 completes the teen court program. 2-3 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 2-4 only to a child charged with an offense committed on or after the 2-5 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an 2-6 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any 2-7 element of the offense occurs before the effective date. 2-8 (b) A child charged with an offense committed before the 2-9 effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the 2-10 offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect 2-11 for this purpose. 2-12 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-13 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.