| 1 | 1 | | 89R2051 RDR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lozano H.B. No. 1221 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses |
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| 10 | 10 | | related to pretrial intervention programs. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 102.0121(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or |
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| 15 | 15 | | county attorney may collect a reimbursement fee in an amount not to |
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| 16 | 16 | | exceed $1,200 [$500] to be used to reimburse a county for expenses, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district |
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| 18 | 18 | | attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's |
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| 19 | 19 | | participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that |
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| 20 | 20 | | county. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 22 | 22 | | to a reimbursement fee for participation in a pretrial intervention |
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| 23 | 23 | | program for an offense committed on or after the effective date of |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act. A reimbursement fee relating to an offense committed |
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| 25 | 25 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 26 | 26 | | effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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| 27 | 27 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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| 28 | 28 | | an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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| 29 | 29 | | any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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