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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the |
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courthouse security fund for a county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Articles 102.017(a) and (b), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district |
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court shall pay a $10 [$5] security fee as a cost of court. |
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(b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a |
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county court, county court at law, or district court shall pay a $3 |
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security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a |
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misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay an $8 [a $4] |
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security fee as a cost of court. The governing body of a |
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municipality by ordinance may create a municipal court building |
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security fund and may require a defendant convicted of a |
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misdemeanor offense in a municipal court to pay a $3 security fee as |
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a cost of court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.041, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.041. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN |
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DISTRICT COURT. The clerk of a district court shall collect fees |
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and costs on conviction of a defendant as follows: |
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(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure) . . . $20; |
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(2) a fee for clerk of the court services (Art. |
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102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40; |
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(3) a records management and preservation services fee |
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(Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure). . . $25; |
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(4) a security fee on a felony offense (Art. 102.017, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $10 [$5]; |
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(5) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art. |
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102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $3; |
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(6) a graffiti eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; and |
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(7) a court cost on conviction in Comal County (Sec. |
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152.0522, Human Resources Code) . . . $4. |
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SECTION 3. Section 102.101, Government Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 240 and 949, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.101. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN |
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JUSTICE COURT. A clerk of a justice court shall collect fees and |
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costs on conviction of a defendant as follows: |
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(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure) . . . $3; |
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(2) a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24 |
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hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure) . . . $3; |
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(3) a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly |
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(Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3; |
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(4) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art. |
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102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 [$3]; |
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(5) a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense |
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(Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4; |
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(6) a court cost on conviction in Comal County (Sec. |
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152.0522, Human Resources Code) . . . $1.50; and |
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(7) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code |
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of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to court costs imposed on conviction of an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any |
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element of the offense occurs before that date. Court costs imposed |
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on conviction of an offense committed before the effective date of |
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this Act are governed by the law in effect on the date the offense |
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was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |