Bill Text: TX HB1213 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to court reporter costs incurred in a hearing or proceeding for the involuntary detention of a person with mental illness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1213-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1213 |
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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); [ |
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(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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
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. | ||
______________________________ | ||
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 |