Amend HB 2272 by adding the following section and renumber
the existing sections accordingly.
      SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.019 to read as follows:
      Art. 102.019.  COSTS ON CONVICTION FOR FUGITIVE APPREHENSION.
(a)  A person shall pay $5 as a court cost on conviction of:
            (1)  a felony; or
            (2)  a misdemeanor, including a criminal violation of a
municipal ordinance, other than a conviction for an offense
relating to pedestrians or the parking of a motor vehicle.
      (b)  The court shall assess and make a reasonable effort to
collect the cost due under this article whether or not any other
court cost is assessed or collected.
      (c)  For purposes of this article, a person is considered to
have been convicted if:
            (1)  a sentence is imposed;
            (2)  the defendant receives community supervision or
deferred adjudication; or
            (3)  the court defers final disposition of the case.
      (d)  Court costs under this article are collected in the same
manner as other fines or costs.  An officer collecting the costs
shall keep separate records of the funds collected as costs under
this article and shall deposit the funds in the county or municipal
treasury, as appropriate.
      (e)  The custodian of a county or municipal treasury shall:
            (1)  keep records of the amount of funds on deposit
collected under this article; and
            (2)  send to the comptroller before the last day of the
first month following each calendar quarter the funds collected
under this article during the preceding quarter.
      (f)  A county or municipality may retain 10 percent of the
funds collected under this article by an officer of the county or
municipality as a collection fee if the custodian of the county or
municipal treasury complies with Subsection (e).
      (g)  If no funds due as costs under this article are
deposited in a county or municipal treasury in a calendar quarter,
the custodian of the treasury shall file the report required for
the quarter in the regular manner and must state that no funds were
collected.
      (h)  The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under
this article to the credit of the fugitive apprehension account in
the general revenue fund.
      (i)  Funds collected under this article are subject to audit
by the comptroller.
      SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0097 to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.0097.  FUGITIVE APPREHENSION ACCOUNT.  The fugitive
apprehension account is a special account in the general revenue
fund.  The legislature may appropriate funds in the account only
for the purpose of paying for the cost to the department of
apprehending individuals for whom warrants have been issued under
Section 13, Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure.