| 1 | 1 | | 81R3769 HLT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 416 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to additional court costs for certain traffic offenses |
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| 8 | 8 | | that occur in a municipality. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 102.014(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7, Transportation Code, when the offense occurs within a school |
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| 14 | 14 | | crossing zone as defined by Section 541.302 of that code, shall pay |
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| 15 | 15 | | as court costs $25 in addition to other taxable court costs. A |
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| 16 | 16 | | person convicted of an offense under Section 545.066, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Transportation Code, shall pay as court costs $25 in addition to |
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| 18 | 18 | | other taxable court costs. The additional court costs under this |
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| 19 | 19 | | subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines |
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| 20 | 20 | | and taxable court costs in the case are collected and shall be |
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| 21 | 21 | | assessed only when the offense occurs in a municipality. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 23 | 23 | | to a person convicted of an offense that was committed on or after |
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| 24 | 24 | | the effective date of this Act. A person convicted of an offense |
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| 25 | 25 | | that was committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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| 26 | 26 | | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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| 27 | 27 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act if any element of the violation or offense occurred before that |
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| 30 | 30 | | date. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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