| 1 | 1 | | By: Nichols S.B. No. 387 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Clardy) |
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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 county participation in a program for improvement of |
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| 8 | 8 | | collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal |
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| 9 | 9 | | cases. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h-1) to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) Unless granted a waiver under Subsection (h)(2) or (h-1) |
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| 15 | 15 | | [(h)], each county and municipality shall develop and implement a |
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| 16 | 16 | | program that complies with the prioritized implementation schedule |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Subsection (h)(1) [(h)]. A county program must include |
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| 18 | 18 | | district, county, and justice courts. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (h-1) The office shall grant a waiver to a county that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) contains within its borders a correctional |
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| 21 | 21 | | facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Criminal Justice; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) has a population of 50,000 or more only because the |
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| 24 | 24 | | inmate population of all correctional facilities described by |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subdivision (1) is included in that population. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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