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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 a $3 security fee as a cost
of court.
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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 $20 [$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 a $3 security fee as a cost
of court.
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SECTION 2. Section 102.041,
Government Code, is amended 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 county and district court
technology fee (Art. 102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(5) a security fee on a
felony offense (Art. 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $10 [$5];
(6) a security fee on a
misdemeanor offense (Art. 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8
[$3]; and
(7) a juvenile delinquency
prevention and graffiti eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $50.
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SECTION 2. Section 102.041,
Government Code, is amended 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 county and district
court technology fee (Art. 102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(5) a security fee on a
felony offense (Art. 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $20 [$5];
(6) a security fee on a
misdemeanor offense (Art. 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8
[$3]; and
(7) a juvenile delinquency
prevention and graffiti eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $50.
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SECTION 6. The change in law
made by this Act applies only to court costs imposed on conviction of an
offense committed on or after January 1, 2014. For purposes of this
section, an offense is committed before January 1, 2014, if any element of
the offense occurs before that date. Court costs imposed on conviction of
an offense committed before January 1, 2014, are governed by the law in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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SECTION 6. Same as introduced
version.
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