| 1 | 1 | | 84R12604 KJE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 872 |
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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 adoption of a schedule of fees for the compensation |
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| 8 | 8 | | of court-appointed defense counsel in criminal cases. |
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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. Article 26.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) All payments made under this article shall be paid in |
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| 13 | 13 | | accordance with a schedule of fees adopted by formal action of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | judges of the county courts, statutory county courts, and district |
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| 15 | 15 | | courts trying criminal cases in each county. A [On adoption of a] |
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| 16 | 16 | | schedule of fees adopted as provided by this subsection must be |
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| 17 | 17 | | delivered to the commissioners court of the county not later than |
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| 18 | 18 | | the 90th day before the first day of the county's next fiscal year |
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| 19 | 19 | | and, if delivered to the commissioners court on or before that 90th |
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| 20 | 20 | | day, takes effect on that first day of the next fiscal year. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Otherwise, the schedule of fees takes effect on the first day of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | next fiscal year that begins at least 90 days after the date of |
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| 23 | 23 | | delivery[, a copy of the schedule shall be sent to the commissioners |
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| 24 | 24 | | court of the county ]. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the adoption of a schedule of fees that will take effect on or |
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| 27 | 27 | | after January 1, 2016. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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