Bill Text: TX HB1426 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the collection of court costs, fees, fines, and other money by the commissioners courts of certain counties.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1426 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1426-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1426
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection of court costs, fees, fines, and other
money by the commissioners courts of certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 103.003, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county that has
implemented a collection improvement program under Article
103.0033 may collect money payable under this title or under other
law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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