81R9867 NC-F
By: Gallego H.B. No. 2992
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing a fee in bail bond forfeiture proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 133.154(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to other fees authorized or required by law,
the clerk of a district court, statutory county court, or county
court shall collect a fee of $42 on the filing of any civil suit or
after the entry of a judgment nisi for the forfeiture of a bail
bond. The fee is to be used for court-related purposes for the
support of the judiciary.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
133.154, Local Government Code, applies only to a bail bond that is
executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A bail bond
executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the bail bond was executed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.