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Amend CSHB 4180 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2017, Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 103.0081 to read as follows:
Art. 103.0081. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) Any officer authorized by this chapter to collect a fee or item of cost may request the trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding was held to make a finding that a fee or item of cost imposed in the action or proceeding is uncollectible if the officer believes:
(1) the defendant is deceased;
(2) the defendant is serving a sentence for imprisonment for life or life without parole; or
(3) the fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years.
(b) On a finding by a court that any condition described by Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is true, the court may order the officer to designate the fee or item of cost as uncollectible in the fee record. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's order to the fee record.
(c) This article applies only to a county with a population of more than 780,000 but less than 790,000.