By Capelo                                             H.B. No. 2645
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                                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.