TO: | Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB755 by Gonzalez Toureilles (Relating to the creation of the county and district court technology fund; imposing a fee.), As Introduced |
This bill would amend Subchapter A, Chapter 102 Code of Criminal Procedure by adding Article 102.0169 to authorize a $4 county and district court technology fee as a cost of court for defendants convicted of a criminal offense in a county court, statutory county court, or a district court. Fees collected would be placed in a fund known as the county and district court technology fund. The funds are to be used to fund continuing education and training regarding technological enhancements for the courts. It can also be used for the purchase and maintenance of technological enhancements for county court, statutory county court, or a district court.
This bill also includes conforming language for legislation passed by the Eightieth Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), this bill would have no fiscal impact on the state since all of the new $4 technology fee would be retained locally.
This bill also includes conforming language for legislation passed by the Eightieth Legislature, Regular Session, 2007 by amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Government Code renaming the graffiti eradication fee as the juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti eradication fee. The juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti eradication fee imposed on a convicted defendant would be revised from $5 to $50 to reflect changes made by legislation passed by the Eightieth Legislature. These conforming language changes do not have a fiscal impact on local governments.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, JI, JJO, TP
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