Bill Text: TX SB389 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition of court costs in certain criminal proceedings.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB389-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 389 | ||
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| relating to the imposition of court costs in certain criminal | ||
| proceedings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.608 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.608. IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL | ||
| PROCEEDINGS. Notwithstanding any other law that establishes the | ||
| amount of a court cost collected by the clerk of a district, county, | ||
| or statutory county court from a defendant in a criminal proceeding | ||
| based on the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| the amount of a court cost imposed on the defendant in a criminal | ||
| proceeding must be the amount established under the law in effect on | ||
| the date the defendant is convicted of the offense. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.608, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a defendant convicted of an offense on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. A defendant convicted of an | ||
| offense before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| in effect at the time of the conviction, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. 389 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 389 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
