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