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Amend HB 777 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Article 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or (g), a justice or
municipal court that is located in the Texas-Louisiana border
region, as defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code, may charge
a fee of $20 under those subsections.
SECTION ___. Section 54.032, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or (g), a juvenile court
that is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, as defined by
Section 2056.002, Government Code, may charge a fee of $20 under
those subsections.
SECTION ____. Sections 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure,
and Section 54.032, Family Code, as added by this Act, apply only to
fees relating to a request for a teen court program under Article
45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 54.032, Family Code,
made on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee relating to a
request for a teen court program under Article 45.052, Code of
Criminal Procedure, or Section 54.032, Family Code, that became
payable before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect at the time the fee became payable, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.