| 1 | 1 | | 87R5661 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 1551 |
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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 court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or |
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| 8 | 8 | | proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental |
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| 9 | 9 | | illness. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) Costs under this section include: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) attorney's fees; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) physician examination fees; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (3) compensation for court-appointed personnel listed |
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| 17 | 17 | | under Section 571.017; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (4) expenses of transportation to a mental health |
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| 19 | 19 | | facility or to a federal agency not to exceed $50 if transporting |
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| 20 | 20 | | within the same county and not to exceed the reasonable cost of |
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| 21 | 21 | | transportation if transporting between counties; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) costs and salary supplements authorized under |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sections 574.031(i) and (j); [and] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (6) prosecutor's fees authorized under Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 574.031(k); and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) court reporter costs. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | amended by this Act, applies only to the court reporter costs |
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| 29 | 29 | | incurred on or after the effective date of this Act. Court reporter |
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| 30 | 30 | | costs incurred before the effective date of this Act are governed by |
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| 31 | 31 | | the law in effect when the hearing was initiated, and the former law |
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| 32 | 32 | | is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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