By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 915
75R4532 PEP-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to court costs for certain traffic convictions resulting
1-3 from offenses committed in school crossing zones.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 102.014(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title
1-8 7, Transportation Code [the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on
1-9 Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], when the
1-10 offense occurs within a school crossing zone as defined by Section
1-11 541.302 [20L] of that code [Act], shall pay as court costs $25
1-12 [$20] in addition to other taxable court costs. A person convicted
1-13 of an offense under Section 545.066, Transportation Code [104,
1-14 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's
1-15 Texas Civil Statutes)], shall pay as court costs $20 in addition to
1-16 other taxable court costs. A person convicted of an offense under
1-17 Section 25.093 [4.25], Education Code, shall pay as taxable court
1-18 costs $20 in addition to other taxable court costs. The additional
1-19 court costs under this subsection shall be collected in the same
1-20 manner that other fines and taxable court costs in the case are
1-21 collected.
1-22 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-23 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
1-24 offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For
2-1 purposes of this Act, an offense was committed before the effective
2-2 date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before the
2-3 effective date of this Act.
2-4 (c) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-5 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-6 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.