By: West, Ogden S.B. No. 1421
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain court costs imposed on a person convicted of an
1-3 offense.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 102.075, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (m) and adding Subsection (n) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (m) In addition to the cost on conviction imposed by
1-9 Subsection (a), a person convicted of an offense described by
1-10 Subsection (a) shall pay 50 [25] cents on conviction of the
1-11 offense. The comptroller shall deposit money received under this
1-12 subsection to the credit of an account in the state treasury to be
1-13 used only for the establishment and operation of the Center for the
1-14 Study and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie
1-15 View A&M University. Subsection (h) does not apply to money
1-16 received under this subsection.
1-17 (n) In addition to the costs on conviction imposed by
1-18 Subsections (a) and (m), a person convicted of an offense described
1-19 by Subsection (a) shall pay 50 cents on conviction of the offense.
1-20 The comptroller shall deposit money received under this subsection
1-21 to the credit of an account in the state treasury to be used only
1-22 for the establishment and operation of the Correctional Management
1-23 Institute of Texas and Criminal Justice Center account. Subsection
1-24 (h) does not apply to money received under this subsection.
1-25 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
2-1 to a court cost imposed on conviction of an offense committed on or
2-2 after the effective date of this Act. A court cost imposed on
2-3 conviction of an offense committed before the effective date of
2-4 this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
2-5 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-6 purpose. For the purposes of this section, an offense was
2-7 committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
2-8 the offense occurred before that date.
2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-10 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-11 Amend S.B. 1421 as follows:
2-12 (1) Strike the recitation of SECTION 1 of the bill (Senate
2-13 Engrossment, page 1, lines 5-7) and substitute the following:
2-14 SECTION 1. Article 102.075(m), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
2-15 amended to read as follows:
2-16 (2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Article
2-17 102.075(n), Code of Criminal Procedure (Senate Engrossment, page 1,
2-18 lines 17-24).
2-19 77R14961 ATP-D Talton