By Alexander                                          H.B. No. 2607
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the imposition of a fee for collecting a delinquent
 1-3     fine, court cost, or court-ordered attorney's fee.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0072 to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           Art. 102.0072.  FEE FOR COLLECTING DELINQUENT FINES, COURT
 1-9     COSTS, OR COURT-ORDERED ATTORNEY'S FEES.  (a)  A county attorney,
1-10     district attorney, or criminal district attorney may collect a fee
1-11     if the attorney's office collects a fine, court cost, or
1-12     court-ordered attorney's fee that has not been paid within a period
1-13     permitted by a judgment.
1-14           (b)  The amount of the fee may not exceed:
1-15                 (1)  $10 if the amount of the fine, court cost, or
1-16     court-ordered attorney's fee does not exceed $10;
1-17                 (2)  $15 if the amount of the fine, court cost, or
1-18     court-ordered attorney's fee is greater than $10 but does not
1-19     exceed $100;
1-20                 (3)  $30 if the amount of the fine, court cost, or
1-21     court-ordered attorney's fee is greater than $100 but does not
1-22     exceed $300;
1-23                 (4)  $50 if the amount of the fine, court cost, or
1-24     court-ordered attorney's fee is greater than $300 but does not
 2-1     exceed $500; and
 2-2                 (5)  $75 if the amount of the fine, court cost, or
 2-3     court-ordered attorney's fee is greater than $500.
 2-4           (c)  Fees collected under this article shall be deposited in
 2-5     the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the
 2-6     county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney.
 2-7     Expenditures from this fund are at the sole discretion of the
 2-8     attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses
 2-9     of the prosecutor's office, but in no event may the county
2-10     attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney
2-11     supplement his or her own salary from this fund.
2-12           SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-13     applies only to a fine, cost, or attorney's fee collected on or
2-14     after that date.