| 1 | 1 | | 84R4299 JRH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1181 |
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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 the maintenance of information entered into a fee |
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| 8 | 8 | | record. |
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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. Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Article 103.0081 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Art. 103.0081. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) Any officer |
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| 13 | 13 | | authorized by this chapter to collect a fee or item of cost may |
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| 14 | 14 | | request the trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding was |
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| 15 | 15 | | held to make a finding that a fee or item of cost imposed in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | action or proceeding is uncollectible if the officer believes: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the defendant is deceased; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) the defendant is serving a sentence for |
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| 19 | 19 | | imprisonment for life or life without parole; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) the fee has been unpaid for at least 10 years. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) On a finding by a court that any condition described by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is true, the court may order the officer to |
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| 23 | 23 | | designate the fee or item of cost as uncollectible in the fee |
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| 24 | 24 | | record. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's order to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | fee record. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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