80R10516 SLO-D
 
  By: Merritt H.B. No. 2949
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain fees in the administration of the teen court
program in the Texas-Louisiana border region.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  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 2.  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 3.  This Act applies only to fees relating to a
request for a teen court program under Article 45.052, Code of
Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, or Section 54.032,
Family Code, as amended by this Act, 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.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.