1-1 By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1308 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 12, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 17, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; 1-6 April 17, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1308 By: Lindsay 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to a county's authority to set a fee or other charge for 1-11 certain licenses, permits, registrations, or other administrative 1-12 expenses. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 42.033, Code of Criminal 1-15 Procedure, is amended to read as follows: 1-16 (b) The court may impose as a condition to permitting a 1-17 defendant to serve the jail time assessed or period of confinement 1-18 intermittently an additional requirement that the defendant make 1-19 any of the following payments to the court, agencies, or persons, 1-20 or that the defendant execute a letter and direct it to the 1-21 defendant's employer directing the employer to deduct from the 1-22 defendant's salary an amount directed by the court, which is to be 1-23 sent by the employer to the clerk of the court. The money received 1-24 by the court under this section may be used to pay the following 1-25 expenses as directed by the court: 1-26 (1) the support of the defendant's dependents, if 1-27 necessary; 1-28 (2) the defendant's documented personal, business, and 1-29 travel expenses; 1-30 (3) reimbursement of the general fund of the county, 1-31 in an amount determined by the commissioners court, for the 1-32 maintenance of the defendant in jail; and 1-33 (4) installment payments on restitution, fines, and 1-34 court costs ordered by the court. 1-35 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation Code, 1-36 is amended by adding Section 251.017 to read as follows: 1-37 Sec. 251.017. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SET FEE. The 1-38 commissioners court of a county may set a reasonable fee for the 1-39 county's issuance of a license, permit, or registration authorized 1-40 by this chapter for which a fee is not specifically prescribed. 1-41 SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended 1-42 by adding Section 16.324 to read as follows: 1-43 Sec. 16.324. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SET FEES. The 1-44 commissioners court of a county may set reasonable and necessary 1-45 fees to administer this subchapter. 1-46 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-47 * * * * *