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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain fees in the administration of the teen court |
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program in the Texas-Louisiana border region. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or (g), a justice or |
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municipal court that is located in the Texas-Louisiana border |
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region, as defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code, may charge |
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a fee of $20 under those subsections. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.032, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or (g), a juvenile court |
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that is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, as defined by |
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Section 2056.002, Government Code, may charge a fee of $20 under |
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those subsections. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to fees relating to a |
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request for a teen court program under Article 45.052, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, or Section 54.032, |
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Family Code, as amended by this Act, made on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A fee relating to a request for a teen court |
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program under Article 45.052, Code of Criminal Procedure, or |
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Section 54.032, Family Code, that became payable before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the fee became payable, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |