By Yarbrough H.B. No. 1553
75R5181 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to court costs assessed for certain offenses to provide
1-3 funding for child safety programs.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) The governing body of a municipality with a population
1-9 of [greater than] 850,000 or more according to the most recent
1-10 federal decennial census that has adopted an ordinance, regulation,
1-11 or order regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles
1-12 as allowed by Section 542.202, Transportation Code [Subsection (a),
1-13 Section 27, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article
1-14 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], or Chapter 682,
1-15 Transportation Code [Article 6701d-24, Revised Statutes], shall by
1-16 order assess a court cost on each parking violation [not less than
1-17 $2 and] not to exceed $10 [$5]. The court costs under this
1-18 subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines
1-19 in the case are collected.
1-20 (b) The governing body of a municipality with a population
1-21 less than 850,000 according to the most recent federal decennial
1-22 census that has adopted an ordinance, regulation, or order
1-23 regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles as
1-24 allowed by Section 542.202, Transportation Code [Subsection (a),
2-1 Section 27, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article
2-2 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], or Chapter 682,
2-3 Transportation Code [Article 6701d-24, Revised Statutes], may by
2-4 order assess a court cost on each parking violation not to exceed
2-5 $10 [$5]. The additional court cost under this subsection shall be
2-6 collected in the same manner that other fines in the case are
2-7 collected.
2-8 (c) A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title
2-9 7, Transportation Code [the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on
2-10 Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], when the
2-11 offense occurs within a school crossing zone as defined by Section
2-12 541.302, Transportation Code [20L of that Act], shall pay as court
2-13 costs $25 [$20] in addition to other taxable court costs. A person
2-14 convicted of an offense under Section 545.066, Transportation Code
2-15 [104, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d,
2-16 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)], shall pay as court costs $25 [$20]
2-17 in addition to other taxable court costs. A person convicted of an
2-18 offense under Section 25.093 [4.25], Education Code, or a child
2-19 convicted of an offense under Section 25.094, Education Code, shall
2-20 pay as taxable court costs $20 in addition to other taxable court
2-21 costs. The additional court costs under this subsection shall be
2-22 collected in the same manner that other fines and taxable court
2-23 costs in the case are collected.
2-24 (e) In a municipality with a population of [greater than]
2-25 850,000 or more according to the most recent federal decennial
2-26 census, the officer collecting the costs in a municipal court case
2-27 shall deposit money collected under this article in the municipal
3-1 child safety trust fund established as required by Chapter 106,
3-2 Local Government Code.
3-3 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
3-4 only to a violation or an offense committed on or after the
3-5 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, a
3-6 violation or an offense is committed before the effective date of
3-7 this Act if any element of the violation or offense occurs before
3-8 that date.
3-9 (b) A violation or an offense committed before the effective
3-10 date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the violation
3-11 or offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect
3-12 for that purpose.
3-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-14 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.