C.S.H.B. 3376 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 3376 By: Rangel Border and International Affairs Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE When a forfeiture case is heard the clerk of the court is due court costs. If forfeiture cases are heard in counties other than the county where the seizure occurs, the law does not specifically provide for the payment of these court costs to the clerk of the court in which the case is heard. C.S.H.B. 3376 provides that when a forfeiture case arising from a federal checkpoint, is heard in a county other than the county where the seizure took place that the clerk of the court in which the case is heard is entitled to court costs. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 3376 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the office filing a forfeiture case, in a case arising from a seizure at a federal check point and filed in an adjacent county, to the clerk of the court. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2003. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute amends the original makes non-substantive technical changes.