By: Whitmire	S.B. No. 879

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a local community supervision and corrections
	department monitoring certain conditions of bond and the
	administrative fees associated with certain department services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  If a magistrate designates the community supervision
	and corrections department serving the county in which the
	defendant lives as the designated agency to verify installation of
	the device and to monitor the device under Subsection (d), the
	magistrate may require the defendant to pay a monthly
	administrative fee under Section 76.015, Government Code, in lieu
	of the fee otherwise required by Subsection (d).  The defendant
	shall pay the initial fee under Section 76.015, Government Code, at
	the time the community supervision and corrections department
	verifies the installation of the device.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 76.015, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A department may assess a reasonable administrative fee
	of not less than $25 and not more than $60 [$40] per month on an
	individual who participates in a department program or receives
	department services and who is not paying a monthly fee under
	Section 19, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 3.  Section 103.0211, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 103.0211.  ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR
	CIVIL CASES:  GOVERNMENT CODE. An accused or defendant, or a party
	to a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following fees and
	costs under the Government Code if ordered by the court or otherwise
	required:
	(1)  a court reporter fee when testimony is taken:
	(A)  in a criminal court in Dallas County (Sec.
	25.0593, Government Code) . . . $3;
	(B)  in a county criminal court of appeals in
	Dallas County (Sec. 25.0594, Government Code) . . . $3;
	(C)  in a county court at law in McLennan County
	(Sec. 25.1572, Government Code) . . . $3; and
	(D)  in a county criminal court in Tarrant County
	(Sec. 25.2223, Government Code) . . . $3;
	(2)  a court reporter service fee if the courts have
	official court reporters (Sec. 51.601, Government Code) . . . $15
	or, in specified counties, $30;
	(3)  a speedy trial filing fee in El Paso County (Sec.
	54.745, Government Code) . . . $100;
	(4)  costs for use of magistrate in Brazos County (Sec.
	54.1116, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $50;
	(5)  the costs of a criminal magistrate if the court
	determines that the nonprevailing party is able to defray the
	costs:
	(A)  in Bexar County (Sec. 54.913, Government
	Code) . . . magistrate's fees;
	(B)  in Dallas County (Sec. 54.313, Government
	Code) . . . magistrate's fees;
	(C)  in Lubbock County (Sec. 54.883, Government
	Code) . . . magistrate's fees;
	(D)  in Tarrant County (Sec. 54.663, Government
	Code) . . . magistrate's fees;
	(E)  in Travis County (Sec. 54.983, Government
	Code) . . . magistrate's fees; and
	(F)  in Williamson County (Sec. 54.958,
	Government Code) . . . expense of the magistrate;
	(6)  an administrative fee for participation in certain
	community supervision programs (Sec. 76.015, Government Code)
	. . . not less than $25 and not more than $60 [$40] per month; and
	(7)  fee paid on filing a petition for an order of
	nondisclosure of criminal history record information in certain
	cases (Sec. 411.081, Government Code) . . . $28.
	SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a defendant charged with an offense committed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A defendant charged with an offense
	committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
	section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
	Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.