Bill Text: TX SB413 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB413 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB413-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 413 | ||
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| relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee | ||
| record in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 103.0081 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 103.0081. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) Any officer | ||
| authorized by this chapter to collect a fee or item of cost may | ||
| request the trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding was | ||
| held to make a finding that a fee or item of cost imposed in the | ||
| action or proceeding is uncollectible if the officer believes: | ||
| (1) the defendant is deceased; | ||
| (2) the defendant is serving a sentence for | ||
| imprisonment for life or life without parole; or | ||
| (3) the fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years. | ||
| (b) On a finding by a court that any condition described by | ||
| Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is true, the court may order the officer to | ||
| designate the fee or item of cost as uncollectible in the fee | ||
| record. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's order to the | ||
| fee record. | ||
| (c) This article applies only to a county with a population | ||
| of more than 780,000 but less than 790,000. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 413 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 6, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 413 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
