1-1 By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3498 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-3 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to improving the collection of costs, fees, and fines in 1-9 criminal cases. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-12 amended by adding Article 103.0032 to read as follows: 1-13 Art. 103.0032. COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT PLANS. Not later than 1-14 January 1 of each even-numbered year, the Office of Court 1-15 Administration of the Texas Judicial System may award grants to 1-16 counties and municipalities to prepare a collection plan. The 1-17 grants shall reimburse the county or municipality for the cost of 1-18 preparing the plan. The plan shall provide methods to improve the 1-19 collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal 1-20 cases. The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial 1-21 System may require that the county or municipality reimburse the 1-22 state from the additional collections as a condition of the grant. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-24 SECTION 3. Each commissioners court and each governing body 1-25 of a municipality must file the first collection improvement plan 1-26 required by Article 103.0032, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added 1-27 by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002. 1-28 * * * * *