By: Haggerty Senate Sponsor-Hinojosa H.B. No. 3549
       (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2007;
May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 19, 2007, reported favorably by the following
vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 19, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the
courthouse security fund for a county.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Articles 102.017(a) and (b), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
       (a)  A defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district
court shall pay a $10 [$5] security fee as a cost of court.
       (b)  A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a
county court, county court at law, or district court shall pay a $3
security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a
misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay an $8 [a $4]
security fee as a cost of court. The governing body of a
municipality by ordinance may create a municipal court building
security fund and may require a defendant convicted of a
misdemeanor offense in a municipal court to pay a $3 security fee as
a cost of court.
       SECTION 2.  Section 102.041, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 102.041. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
DISTRICT COURT.  The clerk of a district court shall collect fees
and costs on conviction of a defendant as follows:
             (1)  a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $20;
             (2)  a fee for clerk of the court services (Art.
102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
             (3)  a records management and preservation services fee
(Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure). . . $25;
             (4)  a security fee on a felony offense (Art. 102.017,
Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $10 [$5];
             (5)  a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $3;
             (6)  a graffiti eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of
Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; and
             (7)  a court cost on conviction in Comal County (Sec.
152.0522, Human Resources Code) . . . $4.
       SECTION 3.  Section 102.101, Government Code, as amended by
Chapters 240 and 949, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 102.101. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
JUSTICE COURT.  A clerk of a justice court shall collect fees and
costs on conviction of a defendant as follows:
             (1)  a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
             (2)  a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
             (3)  a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
(Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
             (4)  a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 [$3];
             (5)  a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
(Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
             (6)  a court cost on conviction in Comal County (Sec.
152.0522, Human Resources Code) . . . $1.50; and
             (7)  a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5.
       SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to court costs imposed on conviction of an offense committed on or
after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section,
an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
element of the offense occurs before that date. Court costs imposed
on conviction of an offense committed before the effective date of
this Act are governed by the law in effect on the date the offense
was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
       SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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