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| 1 | 1 | 84R7167 JRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 857 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee | |
| 8 | 8 | record in certain counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 103.0081 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 103.0081. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) Any officer | |
| 13 | 13 | authorized by this chapter to collect a fee or item of cost may | |
| 14 | 14 | request the trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding was | |
| 15 | 15 | held to make a finding that a fee or item of cost imposed in the | |
| 16 | 16 | action or proceeding is uncollectible if the officer believes: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the defendant is deceased; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) the defendant is serving a sentence for | |
| 19 | 19 | imprisonment for life or life without parole; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) the fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years. | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) On a finding by a court that any condition described by | |
| 22 | 22 | Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is true, the court may order the officer to | |
| 23 | 23 | designate the fee or item of cost as uncollectible in the fee | |
| 24 | 24 | record. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's order to the | |
| 25 | 25 | fee record. | |
| 26 | 26 | (c) This article applies only to a county with a population | |
| 27 | 27 | of more than 780,000 but less than 790,000. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |