By: Gutierrez, Moody, Hodge, Leibowitz H.B. No. 666
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain court costs used to fund drug court programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Article 102.0178, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Art. 102.0178.  COURT COSTS; [ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN
  INTOXICATION AND] DRUG COURT PROGRAMS [CONVICTIONS].
         SECTION 2.  Article 102.0178(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to other costs on conviction imposed by this
  chapter, a person shall pay $50 as a court cost on conviction of an
  offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category
  of offense under:
               (1)  Chapter 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 46, or 49,
  Penal Code; or
               (2)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 102.021, Government Code, is
  amended to conform to Chapter 1263 (H.B. 3060), Acts of the 80th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and is further amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 102.021.  COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE OF CRIMINAL
  PROCEDURE.  A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following
  under the Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all other
  costs:
               (1)  court cost on conviction of any offense, other
  than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the
  parking of a motor vehicle (Art. 102.0045, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . $4;
               (2)  a fee for services of prosecutor (Art. 102.008,
  Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
               (3)  fees for services of peace officer:
                     (A)  issuing a written notice to appear in court
  for certain violations (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . $5;
                     (B)  executing or processing an issued arrest
  warrant, [or] capias, or capias pro fine (Art. 102.011, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $50;
                     (C)  summoning a witness (Art. 102.011, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
                     (D)  serving a writ not otherwise listed (Art.
  102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $35;
                     (E)  taking and approving a bond and, if
  necessary, returning the bond to courthouse (Art. 102.011, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $10;
                     (F)  commitment or release (Art. 102.011, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
                     (G)  summoning a jury (Art. 102.011, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
                     (H)  attendance of a prisoner in habeas corpus
  case if prisoner has been remanded to custody or held to bail (Art.
  102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 each day;
                     (I)  mileage for certain services performed (Art.
  102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.29 per mile; and
                     (J)  services of a sheriff or constable who serves
  process and attends examining trial in certain cases (Art. 102.011,
  Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (4)  services of a peace officer in conveying a witness
  outside the county (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
  $10 per day or part of a day, plus actual necessary travel expenses;
               (5)  overtime of peace officer for time spent
  testifying in the trial or traveling to or from testifying in the
  trial (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;
               (6)  court costs on an offense relating to rules of the
  road, when offense occurs within a school crossing zone (Art.
  102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
               (7)  court costs on an offense of passing a school bus
  (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
               (8)  court costs on an offense of truancy or
  contributing to truancy (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . $20;
               (9)  cost for visual recording of intoxication arrest
  before conviction (Art. 102.018, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
  $15;
               (10)  cost of certain evaluations (Art. 102.018, Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;
               (11)  additional costs attendant to certain
  intoxication convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for
  emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care
  systems (Art. 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
               (12)  additional costs attendant to certain child
  sexual assault and related convictions, for child abuse prevention
  programs (Art. 102.0186, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
               (13)  cost for DNA testing for certain felonies (Art.
  102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250;
               (14)  court cost on an offense of public lewdness or
  indecent exposure (Art. 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
  $50;
               (15)  if required by the court, a restitution fee for
  costs incurred in collecting restitution installments and for the
  compensation to victims of crime fund (Art. 42.037, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $12; [and]
               (16)  if directed by the justice of the peace or
  municipal court judge hearing the case, court costs on conviction
  in a criminal action (Art. 45.041, Code of Criminal Procedure)
  . . . part or all of the costs as directed by the judge; and
               (17)  court costs for certain convictions under the
  Penal Code and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, to help
  fund drug court programs established under Chapter 469, Health and
  Safety Code (Art. 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $50.
         (b)  Section 102.0215, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  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 occurred before that date.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.