81R10967 YDB-D
 
  By: Gonzales H.B. No. 4190
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the
  appropriate courthouse security fund or court building security
  fund.
         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 an $8 
  [a $3] security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a
  misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay a $9 [$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 an $8 [a $3] security fee as a cost of court.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 102.041, Government Code, as
  amended by Chapter 921 (H.B. 3167), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2007, is amended to conform to the amendments made
  by Chapter 1053 (H.B. 2151), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, to Section 102.041, Government Code, to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 102.041.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
  DISTRICT COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  The clerk of a district
  court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
  Procedure 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) . . . $8 [$3]; and
               (6)  a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
  eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
  $50 [$5].
         (b)  Section 102.041, Government Code, as amended by Chapter
  1053 (H.B. 2151), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2007, is repealed. Section 102.041, Government Code, as amended by
  Chapter 921 (H.B. 3167), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, to reorganize and renumber that section, continues
  in effect as further amended by this section.
         SECTION 3.  Section 102.101, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 102.101.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
  JUSTICE COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  A clerk of a justice
  court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
  Procedure 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) . . . $9 [$4];
               (5)  a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
  (Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
               (6)  a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;
               (7)  a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving
  issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check (Art. 102.0071,
  Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30; and
               (8)  a court cost on conviction of a Class C misdemeanor
  in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, if authorized
  by the county commissioners court (Art. 102.009, Code of Criminal
  Procedure) . . . not to exceed $7.
         SECTION 4.  Section 102.121, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 102.121.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
  MUNICIPAL COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  The clerk of a
  municipal 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. 102.0172, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $4;
  and
               (6)  a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
  of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5.
         SECTION 5.  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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.