78R203 YDB-D
By: Bonnen, Hopson H.B. No. 103
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an additional cost on conviction for an alcohol-related
offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be called the Justin Wollam Act.
SECTION 2. Article 102.018, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In addition to the costs on conviction imposed by this
article and Article 102.016, a person convicted of an offense under
Chapter 49, Penal Code, shall pay $100 on conviction of the offense.
The clerk of the court shall collect the cost and pay it to the
custodian of a municipal or county treasury, as appropriate, for
deposit in a fund to be known as the law enforcement equipment fund.
A fund designated by this subsection may be used only for the
purchase of law enforcement equipment that the municipality or
county determines will assist in the enforcement and prevention of
alcohol-related offenses.
SECTION 3. (a) Article 102.018(e), Code of Criminal
Procedure, as added by this Act, applies only to an offense
committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes
of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before the
effective date.
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004.