86R2840 MEW-F
 
  By: Smith H.B. No. 2259
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to uncollectible fees and costs in criminal actions and
  proceedings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Articles 103.0081(b) and (c), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (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
  and enter an order forgiving the outstanding fee or item of cost and
  closing the case. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's
  order to the fee record.
         (c)  The trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding
  was held may, on the court's own motion, make the finding described
  by Subsection (a) and enter an order forgiving an outstanding fee or
  item of cost imposed in the action or proceeding and closing the
  case [This article applies only to a county with a population of
  more than 780,000 but less than 790,000].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.