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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of a time payment fee on certain persons |
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convicted of a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.0212, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.0212. COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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CODE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following |
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under the Local Government Code, in addition to all other costs: |
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(1) court costs on conviction of a felony (Sec. |
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133.102, Local Government Code) . . . $133; |
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(2) court costs on conviction of a Class A or Class B |
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misdemeanor (Sec. 133.102, Local Government Code) . . . $83; |
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(3) court costs on conviction of a nonjailable |
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misdemeanor offense, including a criminal violation of a municipal |
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ordinance, other than a conviction of an offense relating to a |
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pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle (Sec. 133.102, Local |
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Government Code) . . . $40; |
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(4) a time payment fee if convicted of a felony or |
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misdemeanor for paying any part of a fine, court costs, or |
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restitution on or after the 61st [31st] day after the date on which |
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a judgment is entered assessing the fine, court costs, or |
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restitution (Sec. 133.103, Local Government Code) . . . $25; |
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(5) a cost on conviction of any offense, other than an |
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offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle |
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(Sec. 133.105, Local Government Code) . . . $6; and |
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(6) a cost on conviction of any offense, other than an |
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offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle |
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(Sec. 133.107, Local Government Code) . . . $2. |
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SECTION 2. Section 133.103(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person convicted of an offense shall pay, in addition |
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to all other costs, a fee of $25 if the person: |
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(1) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor; and |
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(2) pays any part of a fine, court costs, or |
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restitution on or after the 61st [31st] day after the date on which |
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a judgment is entered assessing the fine, court costs, or |
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restitution. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |