By Capelo H.B. No. 2645 77R7640 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the imposition of costs on certain convictions to pay 1-3 for expenses related to jury sequestration. 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 102.020 to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 102.020. COURT COSTS; JURY SEQUESTRATION FUND. (a) A 1-8 defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district court shall 1-9 pay a $2.50 jury sequestration fee as a cost of court. 1-10 (b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a 1-11 justice court, county court, county court at law, or district court 1-12 shall pay a $1.25 jury sequestration fee as a cost of court. 1-13 (c) In this article, a person is considered convicted if: 1-14 (1) a sentence is imposed on the person; or 1-15 (2) the person receives community supervision, 1-16 including deferred adjudication. 1-17 (d) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the 1-18 costs and pay them to the custodian of the county treasury, for 1-19 deposit in a fund to be known as the jury sequestration fund. A 1-20 fund designated by this subsection may be used only to pay costs 1-21 associated with sequestering a jury in a criminal case. 1-22 (e) The jury sequestration fund shall be administered by or 1-23 under the direction of the commissioners court. 1-24 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 2-1 only to the imposition of a fee following conviction of an offense 2-2 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes 2-3 of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date 2-4 of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before the 2-5 effective date. 2-6 (b) The imposition of a fee following conviction of an 2-7 offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered 2-8 by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former 2-9 law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.