86R13484 AJZ-D

By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 4294

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the imposition of a time payment fee on certain persons convicted of a criminal offense.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 102.0212, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 102.0212. COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following under the Local Government Code, in addition to all other costs:

(1) court costs on conviction of a felony (Sec. 133.102, Local Government Code) . . . $133;

(2) court costs on conviction of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor (Sec. 133.102, Local Government Code) . . . $83;

(3) court costs on conviction of a nonjailable misdemeanor offense, including a criminal violation of a municipal ordinance, other than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle (Sec. 133.102, Local Government Code) . . . $40;

(4) a time payment fee if convicted of a felony or misdemeanor for paying any part of a fine, court costs, or restitution on or after the 61st [31st] day after the date on which a judgment is entered assessing the fine, court costs, or restitution (Sec. 133.103, Local Government Code) . . . $25;

(5) a cost on conviction of any offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle (Sec. 133.105, Local Government Code) . . . $6; and

(6) a cost on conviction of any offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle (Sec. 133.107, Local Government Code) . . . $2.

SECTION 2. Section 133.103(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A person convicted of an offense shall pay, in addition to all other costs, a fee of $25 if the person:

(1) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor; and

(2) pays any part of a fine, court costs, or restitution on or after the 61st [31st] day after the date on which a judgment is entered assessing the fine, court costs, or restitution.

SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.