By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1271
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the fee imposed on certain criminal convictions for
 1-2     records management and preservation services.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Article 102.005(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
 1-5     is amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (f)  A defendant convicted of an offense in a county court, a
 1-7     county court at law, or a district court shall pay a fee of $20
 1-8     [$10] for records management and preservation services performed by
 1-9     the county as required by Chapter 203, Local Government Code.  The
1-10     fee shall be collected and distributed by the clerk of the court in
1-11     the same manner as fees are collected and distributed under Section
1-12     51.317(c), Government Code.  The fee received by a county shall be
1-13     placed in a special fund to be called the records management and
1-14     preservation fund.  The fee shall be used only for records
1-15     management and preservation purposes in the county as required by
1-16     Chapter 203, Local Government Code.  No expenditures may be made
1-17     from this fund without prior approval of the commissioners court.
1-18           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-19     to a defendant convicted of an offense committed on or after the
1-20     effective date of this Act.  A defendant convicted of an offense
1-21     committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
1-22     law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
 2-1     continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this
 2-2     section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
 2-3     Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.