78R203 YDB-D

By:  Bonnen                                                       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.