84R12604 KJE-F
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 872
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of a schedule of fees for the compensation
of court-appointed defense counsel in criminal cases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 26.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) All payments made under this article shall be paid in
accordance with a schedule of fees adopted by formal action of the
judges of the county courts, statutory county courts, and district
courts trying criminal cases in each county. A [On adoption of a]
schedule of fees adopted as provided by this subsection must be
delivered to the commissioners court of the county not later than
the 90th day before the first day of the county's next fiscal year
and, if delivered to the commissioners court on or before that 90th
day, takes effect on that first day of the next fiscal year.
Otherwise, the schedule of fees takes effect on the first day of the
next fiscal year that begins at least 90 days after the date of
delivery[, a copy of the schedule shall be sent to the commissioners
court of the county ].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the adoption of a schedule of fees that will take effect on or
after January 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.