78R9180 GWK-D

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 1798



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the payment of court costs in an asset forfeiture case.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 59.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (e), if the clerk of the 
court  in which a notice of seizure and intended forfeiture is filed 
determines that contraband subject to forfeiture in the proceeding 
has a value that exceeds $2,500, the clerk may require the attorney 
representing the state to pay court costs at the time of the filing 
of the notice.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.