Bill Text: TX SB1551 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental illness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1551 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1551-Introduced.html
| 87R5661 CAE-D | ||
| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1551 | |
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| relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or | ||
| proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental | ||
| illness. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Costs under this section include: | ||
| (1) attorney's fees; | ||
| (2) physician examination fees; | ||
| (3) compensation for court-appointed personnel listed | ||
| under Section 571.017; | ||
| (4) expenses of transportation to a mental health | ||
| facility or to a federal agency not to exceed $50 if transporting | ||
| within the same county and not to exceed the reasonable cost of | ||
| transportation if transporting between counties; | ||
| (5) costs and salary supplements authorized under | ||
| Sections 574.031(i) and (j); [ |
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| (6) prosecutor's fees authorized under Section | ||
| 574.031(k); and | ||
| (7) court reporter costs. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to the court reporter costs | ||
| incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Court reporter | ||
| costs incurred before the effective date of this Act are governed by | ||
| the law in effect when the hearing was initiated, and the former law | ||
| is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
