By: Guillen H.B. No. 4104
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disposition of fines after trial de novo from a
municipal court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 44.281, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 44.281. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND COSTS WHEN
MISDEMEANOR AFFIRMED. In misdemeanor cases affirmed
on appeal from
a municipal court, the fine imposed on appeal and the costs imposed
on appeal shall be collected from the defendant, and the fine of the
municipal court when collected shall be paid into the municipal
treasury.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense is committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective
date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.