By: Carona S.B. No. 333
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the retention by a county or municipality of certain
court costs for maintaining and supporting a certified breath
alcohol testing program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 102.016, Code of
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The custodian of a municipal or county treasury in a
county that maintains a certified breath alcohol testing program
but does not use the services of a certified technical supervisor
employed by the department may, to defray the costs of maintaining
and supporting a certified breath alcohol [breath] testing program,
retain $22.50 of each court cost collected under Section 133.102,
Local Government Code, [Article 102.075] on conviction of an
offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, other than an offense that is
a Class C misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to a court cost collected on or after the effective date of
this Act. A court cost collected before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect when the court cost was
collected, and the law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, the
custodian of a municipal or county treasury may retain any amount
retained under Subsection (b), Article 102.016, Code of Criminal
Procedure, before the effective date of this Act to maintain and
support a certified breath alcohol testing program.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.