Bill Text: TX HB556 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to juvenile probation fees and court costs imposed by a juvenile court; increasing fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - No action taken in committee [HB556 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB556-Introduced.html
84R3591 MK-D | ||
By: Springer | H.B. No. 556 |
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relating to juvenile probation fees and court costs imposed by a | ||
juvenile court; increasing fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 54.0411(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If a disposition hearing is held under Section 54.04 [ |
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other person responsible for the child's support a reasonable | ||
opportunity to be heard and after a determination of financial | ||
ability to pay, may, at the court's discretion, [ |
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child, parent, or other person[ |
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pay a fee as costs of court of: | ||
(1) $20 for the child's first disposition hearing; or | ||
(2) not more than $300 for the child's second or | ||
subsequent disposition hearing. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.061(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If a child is placed on probation under Section | ||
54.04(d)(1) [ |
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child, parent, or other person responsible for the child's support | ||
a reasonable opportunity to be heard and after a determination of | ||
financial ability to pay, may, at the court's discretion, [ |
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order the child, parent, or other person[ |
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(1) $15 a month during the period that the child | ||
continues on probation for the child's first adjudication of | ||
delinquent conduct or conduct in need of supervision; or | ||
(2) $60 a month during the period that the child | ||
continues on probation for the child's second or subsequent | ||
adjudication of delinquent conduct or conduct in need of | ||
supervision. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 103.0212, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.0212. ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR | ||
CIVIL CASES: FAMILY CODE. An accused or defendant, or a party to | ||
a civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following fees and costs | ||
under the Family Code if ordered by the court or otherwise required: | ||
(1) in family matters: | ||
(A) issuing writ of withholding (Sec. 8.262, | ||
Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(B) filing copy of writ of withholding to | ||
subsequent employer (Sec. 8.267, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(C) issuing and delivering modified writ of | ||
withholding or notice of termination (Sec. 8.302, Family Code) | ||
. . . $15; | ||
(D) issuing and delivering notice of termination | ||
of withholding (Sec. 8.303, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(E) issuance of change of name certificate (Sec. | ||
45.106, Family Code) . . . $10; | ||
(F) protective order fee (Sec. 81.003, Family | ||
Code) . . . $16; | ||
(G) filing suit requesting adoption of child | ||
(Sec. 108.006, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(H) filing fees for suits affecting parent-child | ||
relationship (Sec. 110.002, Family Code): | ||
(i) suit or motion for modification (Sec. | ||
110.002, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(ii) motion for enforcement (Sec. 110.002, | ||
Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(iii) notice of application for judicial | ||
writ of withholding (Sec. 110.002, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(iv) motion to transfer (Sec. 110.002, | ||
Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(v) petition for license suspension (Sec. | ||
110.002, Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(vi) motion to revoke a stay of license | ||
suspension (Sec. 110.002, Family Code) . . . $15; and | ||
(vii) motion for contempt (Sec. 110.002, | ||
Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(I) order or writ of income withholding to be | ||
delivered to employer (Sec. 110.004, Family Code) . . . not to | ||
exceed $15; | ||
(J) filing fee for transferred case (Sec. | ||
110.005, Family Code) . . . $45; | ||
(K) filing a writ of withholding (Sec. 158.319, | ||
Family Code) . . . $15; | ||
(L) filing a request for modified writ of | ||
withholding or notice of termination (Sec. 158.403, Family Code) | ||
. . . not to exceed $15; | ||
(M) filing an administrative writ to employer | ||
(Sec. 158.503, Family Code) . . . not to exceed $15; and | ||
(N) genetic testing fees in relation to a child | ||
born to a gestational mother (Sec. 160.762, Family Code) . . . as | ||
assessed by the court; and | ||
(2) in juvenile court: | ||
(A) fee schedule for deferred prosecution | ||
services (Sec. 53.03, Family Code) . . . maximum fee of $15 a month; | ||
(B) a request fee for a teen court program (Sec. | ||
54.032, Family Code) . . . $20, if the court ordering the fee is | ||
located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, but otherwise not to | ||
exceed $10; | ||
(C) court costs for juvenile probation diversion | ||
fund (Sec. 54.0411, Family Code) . . . $20 for a child's first | ||
disposition hearing or not to exceed $300 for a child's second or | ||
subsequent disposition hearing; | ||
(D) a juvenile delinquency prevention fee (Sec. | ||
54.0461, Family Code) . . . $50; | ||
(E) a court fee for child's probationary period | ||
(Sec. 54.061, Family Code) . . . not to exceed $15 a month for the | ||
first adjudication or not to exceed $60 a month for the second or | ||
subsequent adjudication; | ||
(F) a fee to cover costs of required duties of | ||
teen court (Sec. 54.032, Family Code) . . . $20, if the court | ||
ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, | ||
but otherwise not to exceed $10; | ||
(G) a fee for DNA testing on commitment to | ||
certain facilities (Sec. 54.0462, Family Code) . . . $50; | ||
(H) a fee for DNA testing after placement on | ||
probation or as otherwise required by law (Sec. 54.0462, Family | ||
Code) . . . $34; | ||
(I) a program fee for a teen dating violence | ||
court program (Sec. 54.0325, Family Code) . . . $10; and | ||
(J) a fee to cover the cost to the court of | ||
administering a teen dating violence court program (Sec. 54.0325, | ||
Family Code) . . . not to exceed $10. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a fee or court cost imposed in a juvenile case for conduct violating | ||
a penal law that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes | ||
of this section, conduct violating a penal law occurred before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the violation occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 51.607, Government Code, does not apply | ||
to the change in the amount of fees or court costs made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |