By: Harris S.B. No. 302
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an administrative fee for defendants required by a
  court to perform community service in lieu of serving a term of
  confinement in county jail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42.036, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  A court that requires a defendant to perform community
  service under this article may order the defendant to pay to the
  court an administrative fee, not to exceed $50, to cover the cost of
  administering this article.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 103.034 to read as follows:
         Sec. 103.034.  ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IN CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES.
  A defendant shall pay an administrative fee not to exceed $50 under
  Article 42.036(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, to perform community
  service in lieu of serving a term of confinement in a county jail,
  if ordered by the court.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a defendant convicted of an offense committed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A defendant convicted of an offense
  committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
  law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
  an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if
  any element of the offense was committed before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.