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