LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 21, 2015

TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB740 by West (Relating to the assessment of court costs and fees on conviction of multiple offenses or on conviction of multiple counts of the same offense.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a criminal defendant to pay only one set of court costs rather than separate court costs on each count of a multi-count indictment. The Office of Court Administration indicates that because the bill would align the law with actual current practice, no significant fiscal implication to the state is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

LBB Staff:

UP, KJo, TB