CN H.B. 1018 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


JUVENILE JUSTICE & FAMILY ISSUES
H.B. 1018
By: Yarbrough
2-27-97
Committee Report (Unamended)
 


BACKGROUND

Subtitle C, Title 7 of the Transportation Code as enacted, (Acts 1995,
74th Legislature Sec.1, eff. September 1, 1995.) replaced the Uniform Act
Regulating Traffic on Highways, (Article 67.01 (d)) 
of the Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which makes section (c) Article
102.014 unenforceable in the Code of Criminal Procedure. 


PURPOSE

To clarify the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 102.014, as reflected
by the Acts of the 74th Legislature in the Transportation Code and the
Education Code.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 


SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Amends subsection (c) of Article 102.014, Code of Criminal
Procedure to provide that a person convicted under Subtitle C, Title 7,
Transportation Code, when the offense occurs within a school crossing zone
as defined by Section 541.302, will pay court costs $20.00 in addition to
other taxable court costs. A person convicted of an offense under Section
545.066, Transportation Code, will pay court costs $20.00 in addition to
other taxable court costs. And a person convicted of an offense under
Section 25.093 or 25.094, will pay  court costs $20.00 additional to other
taxable court costs. 

Section 2. States that the act is not retroactive.

Section 3. Effective date. September 1, 1997.

Section 4. Emergency clause.