H.B. No. 1213
AN ACT
relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or
proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental
illness.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Costs under this section include:
(1) attorney's fees;
(2) physician examination fees;
(3) compensation for court-appointed personnel listed
under Section 571.017;
(4) expenses of transportation to a mental health
facility or to a federal agency not to exceed $50 if transporting
within the same county and not to exceed the reasonable cost of
transportation if transporting between counties;
(5) costs and salary supplements authorized under
Sections 574.031(i) and (j); [and]
(6) prosecutor's fees authorized under Section
574.031(k); and
(7) court reporter costs.
SECTION 2. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to the court reporter costs
incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Court reporter
costs incurred before the effective date of this Act are governed by
the law in effect when the hearing was initiated, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the House on April
16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1213 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor