78R5445 JTS-D
By: Ogden S.B. No. 663
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an additional cost on conviction of an offense for
roadway safety and traffic enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.075, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
(p) In addition to other costs on conviction imposed under
this article, a person shall pay $5 on conviction of any felony or
misdemeanor. The comptroller shall deposit 10 percent of the money
received under this subsection to the credit of the Center for
Transportation Safety under Subchapter J, Chapter 88, Education
Code, and the remainder to the credit of the Department of Public
Safety account in the general revenue fund to be used at the
discretion of the public safety director to provide additional
traffic enforcement in areas for which the department determines a
need. Subsection (h) does not apply to money received under this
subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2004.
SECTION 3. (a) Article 102.075(p), 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.