Bill Text: TX SB607 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the assessment of court costs on conviction of a Class C misdemeanor in certain justice courts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB607 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB607-Introduced.html

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82R2956 KFF-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 607

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the assessment of court costs on conviction of a Class C
misdemeanor in certain justice courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.009, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 102.009. COURT COSTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. In counties
with a population of 100,000 [3.3 million] or more, the
commissioners court may set court costs for persons convicted of a
Class C misdemeanor in the justice courts. Court costs set as
provided by this article may not exceed $7 for each conviction.
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;
(7) a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving
issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check (Art. 102.0071,
Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30;
(8) a court cost on conviction of a Class C misdemeanor
in a county with a population of 100,000 [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. (a) Section 51.607, Government Code, does not
apply to the imposition or change in the amount of a court cost
assessed under Article 102.009, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended by this Act, or under Section 102.101, Government Code, as
amended by this Act.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to court
costs imposed on conviction in a justice court of an offense
committed on or after the effective date of an order of the
commissioners court of the county that requires a defendant
convicted of the offense to pay the cost. Court costs imposed on
conviction of an offense committed before that date are governed by
the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.