S.B. No. 287

	AN ACT
	relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to
	the bill of costs provided to a defendant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 103.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 103.001.  COSTS PAYABLE. (a)  In a justice or
	municipal court, a [A] cost is not payable by the person charged
	with the cost until a written bill is:
	(1)  produced or [is] ready to be produced, containing
	the items of cost; and
	(2)  [,] signed by the officer who charged the cost or
	the officer who is entitled to receive payment for the cost.
	(b)  In a court other than a justice or municipal court, a
	cost is not payable by the person charged with the cost until a
	written bill containing the items of cost is:
	(1)  produced;
	(2)  signed by the officer who charged the cost or the
	officer who is entitled to receive payment for the cost; and
	(3)  provided to the person charged with the cost.
	SECTION 2.  Section 102.101, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 102.101.  ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
	JUSTICE COURT:  CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  A clerk of a justice
	court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
	Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
	(1)  a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
	Procedure) . . . $3;
	(2)  a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
	hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
	Procedure) . . . $3;
	(3)  a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
	(Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
	(4)  a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
	102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
	(5)  a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
	(Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
	(6)  a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
	of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
	juvenile case manager;
	(7)  a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving
	issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check or similar sight
	order (Art. 102.0071, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to
	exceed $30; and
	(8)  [a court cost on conviction of a Class C
	misdemeanor in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, if
	authorized by the county commissioners court (Art. 102.009, Code of
	Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $7; and
	[(9)]  a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
	Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
	SECTION 3.  Section 42.221(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b)  A petition for review of each appraisal review board
	order under this section must be filed with the court as provided by
	Section 42.21. [The fee for filing each additional petition for
	review under this section after the first petition for review
	relating to the same property is filed for a tax year is $5.]
	SECTION 4.  The following provisions are repealed:
	(1)  Article 102.009, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(2)  Sections 101.0617, 101.0817, 101.1216, and
	101.122(b), Government Code;
	(3)  Section 112.059(e), Transportation Code; and
	(4)  Article 6219, Revised Statutes.
	SECTION 5.  Article 103.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
	amended by this Act, applies only to a cost incurred on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A cost incurred before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	cost was incurred, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 6.  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, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 287 passed the Senate on
	April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 287 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
	Nays 0, two present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor