78R8367 JD-D
By: Pena H.B. No. 2025
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an additional court cost imposed on a person convicted
of an offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while
intoxicated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.018, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In this subsection, "offense relating to the operating
of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by
Section 49.09, Penal Code. On conviction of an offense relating to
the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, the court shall
impose a cost of $50 on the defendant. A cost imposed under this
subsection is in addition to other court costs and is due regardless
of whether the defendant is granted community supervision in the
case. Costs imposed under this subsection must be collected,
deposited in the county treasury, and remitted to the comptroller
in the same manner as costs imposed under Article 102.075. The
comptroller shall deposit money received under this subsection to
the credit of the general revenue fund. Of the money deposited to
the credit of the general revenue fund under this subsection, 50
percent may be appropriated only to the Texas Commission on Alcohol
and Drug Abuse for:
(1) drug and alcohol awareness programs; and
(2) drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) Article 102.018(e), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
added by this Act, applies only to a defendant convicted of an
offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while
intoxicated on or after September 1, 2003.
(c) A defendant convicted of an offense relating to the
operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated before September 1,
2003, is covered by the law in effect on the date of conviction, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.