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Texas House Bill HB3992

Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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22 By: Hefner H.B. No. 3992
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the
88 courthouse security fund or the municipal court building security
99 fund; increasing fees.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Articles 102.017(a) and (b), Code of Criminal
1212 Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
1313 (a) A defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district
1414 court shall pay a $10 [$5] security fee as a cost of court.
1515 (b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a
1616 county court, county court at law, or district court shall pay a $5
1717 [$3] security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a
1818 misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay a $5 [$4] security
1919 fee as a cost of court. The governing body of a municipality by
2020 ordinance may create a municipal court building security fund and
2121 may require a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a
2222 municipal court to pay a $5 [$3] security fee as a cost of court.
2323 SECTION 2. Section 102.041, Government Code, is amended to
2424 read as follows:
2525 Sec. 102.041. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
2626 DISTRICT COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a
2727 district court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of
2828 Criminal Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
2929 (1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
3030 Procedure) . . . $40;
3131 (2) a fee for clerk of the court services (Art.
3232 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
3333 (3) a records management and preservation services fee
3434 (Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
3535 (4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
3636 102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
3737 (5) a security fee on a felony offense (Art. 102.017,
3838 Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $10 [$5];
3939 (6) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
4040 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3]; and
4141 (7) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
4242 eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
4343 $50.
4444 SECTION 3. Section 102.061, Government Code, is amended to
4545 read as follows:
4646 Sec. 102.061. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
4747 STATUTORY COUNTY COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of
4848 a statutory county court shall collect fees and costs under the Code
4949 of Criminal Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
5050 (1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
5151 Procedure) . . . $40;
5252 (2) a fee for services of the clerk of the court (Art.
5353 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
5454 (3) a records management and preservation services fee
5555 (Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
5656 (4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
5757 102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
5858 (5) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
5959 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
6060 (6) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
6161 eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
6262 $50;
6363 (7) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
6464 of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
6565 juvenile case manager; and
6666 (8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
6767 Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
6868 SECTION 4. Section 102.081, Government Code, is amended to
6969 read as follows:
7070 Sec. 102.081. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
7171 COUNTY COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a county
7272 court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
7373 Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
7474 (1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
7575 Procedure) . . . $40;
7676 (2) a fee for clerk of the court services (Art.
7777 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
7878 (3) a records management and preservation services fee
7979 (Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
8080 (4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
8181 102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
8282 (5) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
8383 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
8484 (6) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
8585 eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
8686 $50;
8787 (7) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
8888 of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
8989 juvenile case manager; and
9090 (8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
9191 Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
9292 SECTION 5. Section 102.101, Government Code, is amended to
9393 read as follows:
9494 Sec. 102.101. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
9595 JUSTICE COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A clerk of a justice
9696 court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
9797 Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
9898 (1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
9999 Procedure) . . . $3;
100100 (2) a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
101101 hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
102102 Procedure) . . . $3;
103103 (3) a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
104104 (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
105105 (4) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
106106 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$4];
107107 (5) a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
108108 (Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
109109 (6) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
110110 of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
111111 juvenile case manager;
112112 (7) a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving
113113 issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check or similar sight
114114 order (Art. 102.0071, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to
115115 exceed $30; and
116116 (8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
117117 Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
118118 SECTION 6. Section 102.121, Government Code, is amended to
119119 read as follows:
120120 Sec. 102.121. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
121121 MUNICIPAL COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a
122122 municipal court shall collect fees and costs on conviction of a
123123 defendant as follows:
124124 (1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
125125 Procedure) . . . $3;
126126 (2) a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
127127 hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
128128 Procedure) . . . $3;
129129 (3) a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
130130 (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
131131 (4) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
132132 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
133133 (5) a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
134134 (Art. 102.0172, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $4;
135135 (6) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
136136 of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the municipality
137137 employs a juvenile case manager; and
138138 (7) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
139139 Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
140140 SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act applies only
141141 to court costs imposed on conviction of an offense committed on or
142142 after January 1, 2020. For purposes of this section, an offense is
143143 committed before January 1, 2020, if any element of the offense
144144 occurs before that date. Court costs imposed on conviction of an
145145 offense committed before January 1, 2020, are governed by the law in
146146 effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
147147 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
148148 SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.