| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 18, 2019, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | April 8, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 8, 2019, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1792 By: Zaffirini |
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| 11 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 6 | | relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee |
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| 14 | 7 | | record. |
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| 15 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 51.609 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 11 | | Sec. 51.609. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) The clerk may |
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| 19 | 12 | | request the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party |
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| 20 | 13 | | in a civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is |
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| 21 | 14 | | uncollectible if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 |
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| 22 | 15 | | years. |
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| 23 | 16 | | (b) On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed |
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| 24 | 17 | | on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the |
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| 25 | 18 | | clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee |
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| 26 | 19 | | record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the |
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| 27 | 20 | | fee record. |
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| 28 | 21 | | (c) This section does not apply to a court cost or fee |
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| 29 | 22 | | imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a |
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| 30 | 23 | | court of appeals. |
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| 31 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Article 103.0081(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 32 | 25 | | is repealed. |
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| 33 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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