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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to imposing costs on conviction in certain drug cases to |
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support law enforcement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0179 to read as |
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follows: |
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Art. 102.0179. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN DRUG |
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CONVICTIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT FEE. (a) A person convicted of an |
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offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Chapter 481, Health and |
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Safety Code, shall pay $100 on conviction of the offense. |
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(b) A person convicted of an offense punishable as a felony |
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under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay $200 on |
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conviction of the offense. |
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(c) Costs imposed under this article are imposed without |
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regard to whether the defendant is placed on community supervision |
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after being convicted of the offense or receives deferred |
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disposition or deferred adjudication for the offense. |
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(d) The officer collecting the costs under this article |
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shall keep separate records of the money collected and shall pay the |
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money to the custodian of the municipal or county treasury. |
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(e) The custodian of the municipal or county treasury shall: |
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(1) keep records of the amount of money collected |
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under this article that is deposited with the treasury under this |
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article; and |
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(2) not later than the last day of the first month |
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following each calendar quarter: |
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(A) pay the money collected under this article |
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during the preceding calendar quarter to the comptroller; or |
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(B) if, in the calendar quarter, the custodian of |
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the municipal or county treasury did not receive any money |
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attributable to costs paid under this article, file a report with |
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the comptroller stating that fact. |
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(f) The comptroller shall deposit the money collected under |
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this article in the state treasury to the credit of the general |
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revenue fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 102.0217 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.0217. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE |
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OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense under |
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Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay the following under |
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Article 102.0179, Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all |
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other costs, to be used for law enforcement purposes: |
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(1) court cost on conviction of a misdemeanor |
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offense . . . $100; and |
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(2) court cost on conviction of a felony offense |
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. . . $200. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |