Amend SB 287 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Article 103.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 103.001. COSTS PAYABLE. (a) In a justice or municipal court, a [A] cost is not payable by the person charged with the cost until a written bill is:
(1) produced or [is] ready to be produced, containing the items of cost; and
(2) [,] signed by the officer who charged the cost or the officer who is entitled to receive payment for the cost.
(b) In a court other than a justice or municipal court, a cost is not payable by the person charged with the cost until a written bill containing the items of cost is:
(1) produced;
(2) signed by the officer who charged the cost or the officer who is entitled to receive payment for the cost; and
(3) provided to the person charged with the cost.
SECTION ____. Article 103.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies only to a cost incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. A cost incurred before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the cost was incurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.