Bill Text: TX SB219 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and constables.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB219 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB219-Introduced.html

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86R1670 JTS-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 219

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and
constables.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 118.131(h), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) If the commissioners court does not set fees under this
section, the fees for services by the offices of the sheriff and
constables are those fees provided by law in effect for the
preceding fiscal year [on August 31, 1981].
SECTION 2. Section 118.133(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Fees collected under this section [Act] shall be
deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the general fund
of the county.
SECTION 3. Section 118.134(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to costs
incurred on property seized in conjunction with an offense alleged
under the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, or Title 6 or
7, Transportation Code [Title 116, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes],
when the owner of the property is subsequently found to be not
guilty of an offense or other proscribed activity described in
those statutes, or if other charges whether criminal or civil are
dropped.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.