1-1     By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1348
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
 1-4     May 7, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                             By:  Moncrief
 1-7     Amend S.B. No. 1348 as follows:
 1-8           (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in Subsection (a), Section
 1-9     314.005, Government Code (Introduced version page 1, line 28),
1-10     strike "board" and substitute "state auditor".
1-11           (2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike Subsection (c), Section
1-12     314.005, Government Code (Introduced version page 1, lines 38
1-13     through 46), and substitute the following:
1-14           (c)  The state auditor shall deliver a copy of the impact
1-15     statement to the author of the bill or resolution and to each
1-16     member of a legislative committee to which the bill or resolution
1-17     is referred not later than the fifth day after the date the bill or
1-18     resolution is referred to the committee.
1-19                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20                                   AN ACT
1-21     relating to requiring a court cost impact statement on a bill or
1-22     resolution that imposes a court cost on a person charged with a
1-23     criminal offense.
1-24           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25           SECTION 1.  Chapter 314, Government Code, is amended by
1-26     adding Section 314.005 to read as follows:
1-27           Sec. 314.005.  IMPOSING COURT COSTS ON CERTAIN CRIMINAL
1-28     DEFENDANTS.  (a)  The board shall prepare an impact statement for
1-29     each bill or resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that
1-30     proposes a new court cost or fee or an increase in the amount of a
1-31     court cost or fee on a person charged with a criminal offense,
1-32     including a court cost or fee charged on conviction or other
1-33     disposition or postponed disposition of the criminal charge.
1-34           (b)  The impact statement must show the total amount of court
1-35     costs and fees that persons will be required to pay under the bill
1-36     or resolution when considered together with all other applicable
1-37     laws.
1-38           (c)  The board shall deliver a copy of the impact statement
1-39     to the author of the bill or resolution and to each member of a
1-40     legislative committee to which the bill or resolution is referred
1-41     not later than the 10th day after the date the bill or resolution
1-42     is referred to the committee.  If required or permitted by the
1-43     rules of the applicable house of the legislature, the impact
1-44     statement must be attached to the bill or resolution in the same
1-45     manner that a fiscal note must be attached under Section 314.003
1-46     and applicable legislative rules.
1-47           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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