By Hill H.B. No. 1988 77R5696 GWK-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to contracts for the collection of fines, fees, 1-3 restitution, and other costs in a criminal case. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 103.0031. COLLECTION CONTRACTS. (a) The commissioners 1-8 court of a county may enter into a contract with a public or 1-9 private vendor for the provision of collection services for fines, 1-10 fees, restitution, and other costs ordered to be paid by a court 1-11 serving the county. 1-12 (b) A vendor may not receive compensation under the contract 1-13 in an amount that is greater than 30 percent of the fines, fees, 1-14 restitution, and other costs collected by the vendor. 1-15 (c) If a fine, fee, restitution, or cost required by law to 1-16 be forwarded by the custodian of the county treasury to the State 1-17 of Texas is collected by a vendor, the custodian may reduce the 1-18 amount forwarded to the state by a percentage equal to the 1-19 percentage specified as compensation under the vendor's contract 1-20 with the commissioners court. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.