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.