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78R8076 YDB-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 2542
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an additional cost on conviction for an intoxication or
drug 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. The heading to Article 102.018, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 102.018. COSTS ATTENDANT TO INTOXICATION AND DRUG
CONVICTIONS.
SECTION 3. 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, or Chapter 481, Health and Safety 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 for any purpose that the municipality or
county determines will assist in the enforcement and prevention of
intoxication and drug offenses.
SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004.