82R5532 GCB-D
By: Ogden S.B. No. 994
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing costs on conviction in certain drug cases to
support law enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0179 to read as
follows:
Art. 102.0179. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN DRUG
CONVICTIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT FEE. (a) A person convicted of an
offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Chapter 481, Health and
Safety Code, shall pay $100 on conviction of the offense.
(b) A person convicted of an offense punishable as a felony
under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay $200 on
conviction of the offense.
(c) Costs imposed under this article are imposed without
regard to whether the defendant is placed on community supervision
after being convicted of the offense or receives deferred
disposition or deferred adjudication for the offense.
(d) The officer collecting the costs under this article
shall keep separate records of the money collected and shall pay the
money to the custodian of the municipal or county treasury.
(e) The custodian of the municipal or county treasury shall:
(1) keep records of the amount of money collected
under this article that is deposited with the treasury under this
article; and
(2) not later than the last day of the first month
following each calendar quarter:
(A) pay the money collected under this article
during the preceding calendar quarter to the comptroller; or
(B) if, in the calendar quarter, the custodian of
the municipal or county treasury did not receive any money
attributable to costs paid under this article, file a report with
the comptroller stating that fact.
(f) The comptroller shall deposit the money collected under
this article in the state treasury to the credit of the general
revenue fund to be used for law enforcement purposes.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 102.0217 to read as follows:
Sec. 102.0217. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE
OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense under
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay the following under
Article 102.0179, Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all
other costs, to be used for law enforcement purposes:
(1) court cost on conviction of a misdemeanor
offense . . . $100; and
(2) court cost on conviction of a felony offense
. . . $200.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense 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 offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.