Bill Text: TX SB387 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to county participation in a program for improvement of collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Effective immediately [SB387 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB387-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 387 | ||
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| relating to county participation in a program for improvement of | ||
| collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal | ||
| cases. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Unless granted a waiver under Subsection (h)(2) or (h-1) | ||
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| program that complies with the prioritized implementation schedule | ||
| under Subsection (h)(1) [ |
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| district, county, and justice courts. | ||
| (h-1) The office shall grant a waiver to a county that: | ||
| (1) contains within its borders a correctional | ||
| facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice; and | ||
| (2) has a population of 50,000 or more only because the | ||
| inmate population of all correctional facilities described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) is included in that population. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 387 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 387 passed the House on | ||
| April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
