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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional court costs for certain traffic offenses |
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that occur in a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 102.014(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title |
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7, Transportation Code, when the offense occurs within a school |
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crossing zone as defined by Section 541.302 of that code, shall pay |
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as court costs $25 in addition to other taxable court costs. A |
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person convicted of an offense under Section 545.066, |
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Transportation Code, shall pay as court costs $25 in addition to |
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other taxable court costs. The additional court costs under this |
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subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines |
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and taxable court costs in the case are collected and shall be |
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assessed only when the offense occurs in a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person convicted of an offense that was committed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A person convicted of an offense |
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that was committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the violation or offense occurred before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |