81R3769 HLT-D
By: Carona S.B. No. 416
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to additional court costs for certain traffic offenses
that occur in a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.014(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) A person convicted of an offense under Subtitle C, Title
7, Transportation Code, when the offense occurs within a school
crossing zone as defined by Section 541.302 of that code, shall pay
as court costs $25 in addition to other taxable court costs. A
person convicted of an offense under Section 545.066,
Transportation Code, shall pay as court costs $25 in addition to
other taxable court costs. The additional court costs under this
subsection shall be collected in the same manner that other fines
and taxable court costs in the case are collected and shall be
assessed only when the offense occurs in a municipality.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person convicted of an offense that was committed on or after
the effective date of this Act. A person convicted of an offense
that was committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
by the law in effect when 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 violation or offense occurred before that
date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.