By Marchant                                           H.B. No. 2929
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a restitution lien for the state to secure fines or
 1-3     costs in a misdemeanor case.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 2(b), Article 42.22, Code of Criminal
 1-6     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The state also has a restitution lien to secure the:
 1-8                 (1)  amount of fines or costs entered against a
 1-9     defendant in the judgment in a felony or misdemeanor criminal case;
1-10     and
1-11                 (2)  amount of reimbursement for costs of confinement
1-12     ordered under Article 42.038.
1-13           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-14     only to a judgment in a criminal case for an offense committed on
1-15     or after the effective date of this Act.  For purposes of this
1-16     section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
1-17     Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
1-18           (b)  A judgment in a criminal case for an offense committed
1-19     before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
1-20     effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
1-21     continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.