Bill Text: TX HB1997 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a fee for certain pretrial diversion programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1997 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1997-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Minjarez, Deshotel | H.B. No. 1997 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1997: | |||
By: Moody | C.S.H.B. No. 1997 |
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relating to authorizing a fee for certain pretrial diversion | ||
programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0111 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Art. 102.0111. FEES FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS. A | ||
county pretrial services office may collect a supervision fee in an | ||
amount not to exceed $60 each month from a defendant participating | ||
in a pretrial diversion program operated by that office. If the | ||
office determines that the defendant is indigent, the office may | ||
require the defendant to pay a fee of less than $60 only in an amount | ||
the office determines would not cause undue hardship for the | ||
defendant. The defendant may be required to pay the fee under this | ||
article as a condition of participating in the program. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit in a | ||
special fund of the county treasury for the county pretrial | ||
services office serving the county money received from fees imposed | ||
under Article 102.0111, to be used only for the pretrial diversion | ||
program operated by that office. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 103.02101 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.02101. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION | ||
PROGRAM: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A defendant participating in | ||
a pretrial diversion program operated by a county pretrial services | ||
office shall, if required by the office, pay a supervision fee under | ||
Article 102.0111, Code of Criminal Procedure, in an amount not to | ||
exceed $60 each month. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a defendant who participates in a pretrial diversion program | ||
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant | ||
who participates in a pretrial diversion program that begins before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when | ||
the program began, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |