By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 2136
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to imposing costs on conviction to create a reward fund
 1-3     for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of certain
 1-4     dangerous criminals.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Article 102.075, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-7     amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
 1-8           (n)  In addition to the costs on conviction imposed by
 1-9     Subsections (a)  and (m), a person convicted of an offense
1-10     described by Subsection (a)  shall pay 25 cents on conviction of
1-11     the offense.  The comptroller shall deposit money received under
1-12     this subsection to the credit of an account in the state treasury,
1-13     money from which may be appropriated only to crime stoppers
1-14     organizations for the payment of rewards for information leading to
1-15     arrest and prosecution of persons charged with murdering peace
1-16     officers and committing sexual assaults against children.
1-17     Subsection (h) does not apply to money received under this
1-18     subsection.
1-19           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-20     only to a cost for conviction of an offense committed on or after
1-21     the effective date of this Act.  For purposes of this section, an
1-22     offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
1-23     element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
1-24           (b)  A cost on conviction for an offense committed before the
 2-1     effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
 2-2     offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect
 2-3     for that purpose.
 2-4           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.