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Amend CSHB 530 (Senate committee report) as follows:
In SECTION 8 of the bill, starting on page 4, line 45, strike
proposed Article 102.0178 and replace with the following:
Art. 102.0178. COSTS ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION AND
DRUG CONVICTIONS. (a) In addition to other costs on conviction
imposed by this chapter, a person shall pay $50 as a court cost on
conviction of an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any
higher category of offense under:
(1) Chapter 49, Penal Code; or
(2) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.
(b) For purposes of this article, a person is considered to
have been convicted if:
(1) a sentence is imposed; or
(2) the defendant receives community supervision or
deferred adjudication.
(c) Court costs under this article are collected in the same
manner as other fines or costs. An officer collecting the costs
shall keep separate records of the funds collected as costs under
this article and shall deposit the funds in the county treasury, as
appropriate.
(d) The custodian of a county treasury shall:
(1) keep records of the amount of funds on deposit
collected under this article; and
(2) except as provided by Subsection (e), send to the
comptroller before the last day of the first month following each
calendar quarter the funds collected under this article during the
preceding quarter.
(e) A county is entitled to:
(1) if the custodian of the county treasury complies
with Subsection (d), retain 10 percent of the funds collected under
this article by an officer of the county during the calendar quarter
as a service fee; and
(2) if the county has established a drug court program
or establishes a drug court program before the expiration of the
calendar quarter, retain in addition to the 10 percent authorized
by Subdivision (1) another 50 percent of the funds collected under
this article by an officer of the county during the calendar quarter
to be used exclusively for the development and maintenance of drug
court programs operated within the county.
(f) If no funds due as costs under this article are
deposited in a county treasury in a calendar quarter, the custodian
of the treasury shall file the report required for the quarter in
the regular manner and must state that no funds were collected.
(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under
this article to the credit of the drug court account in the general
revenue fund to help fund drug court programs established under
Chapter 469, Health and Safety Code. The legislature shall
appropriate money from the account solely to the criminal justice
division of the governor's office for distribution to drug court
programs that apply for the money.
(h) Funds collected under this article are subject to audit
by the comptroller.