S.B. No. 791




AN ACT

relating to a program to monitor the collection and remittance of 
certain court costs and fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  The comptroller of public accounts shall 
develop and submit a proposal for a monitoring program under which 
the comptroller will periodically monitor the collection, 
remittance, and reporting of court costs and fees required to be 
collected from a party to a civil case or a defendant in a criminal 
case and remitted to the comptroller by the clerks of the district, 
county, statutory county, municipal, and justice courts.  The 
monitoring program must be designed to assess whether:
		(1)  the comptroller is receiving complete information 
on the sources of the costs and fees collected;
		(2)  each court clerk is reporting the costs and fees 
collected as required by law; and
		(3)  the comptroller is crediting the costs and fees 
remitted to the appropriate fund or account.
	(b)  The comptroller of public accounts shall submit a cost 
estimate for implementing and operating the monitoring program 
proposed under Subsection (a) of this section.
	(c)  The comptroller of public accounts shall submit the 
proposal and cost estimate required by this section to the 
governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of 
representatives not later than September 1, 2004.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 791 passed the Senate on 
May 14, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 791 passed the House on 
May 28, 2003, by a non-record vote.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor