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