Bill Text: TX SB994 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to imposing costs on conviction in certain drug cases to support law enforcement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB994 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB994-Introduced.html
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| By: Ogden | S.B. No. 994 | |
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| relating to imposing costs on conviction in certain drug cases to | ||
| support law enforcement. | ||
| 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 102.0179 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Art. 102.0179. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN DRUG | ||
| CONVICTIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT FEE. (a) A person convicted of an | ||
| offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Chapter 481, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, shall pay $100 on conviction of the offense. | ||
| (b) A person convicted of an offense punishable as a felony | ||
| under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay $200 on | ||
| conviction of the offense. | ||
| (c) Costs imposed under this article are imposed without | ||
| regard to whether the defendant is placed on community supervision | ||
| after being convicted of the offense or receives deferred | ||
| disposition or deferred adjudication for the offense. | ||
| (d) The officer collecting the costs under this article | ||
| shall keep separate records of the money collected and shall pay the | ||
| money to the custodian of the municipal or county treasury. | ||
| (e) The custodian of the municipal or county treasury shall: | ||
| (1) keep records of the amount of money collected | ||
| under this article that is deposited with the treasury under this | ||
| article; and | ||
| (2) not later than the last day of the first month | ||
| following each calendar quarter: | ||
| (A) pay the money collected under this article | ||
| during the preceding calendar quarter to the comptroller; or | ||
| (B) if, in the calendar quarter, the custodian of | ||
| the municipal or county treasury did not receive any money | ||
| attributable to costs paid under this article, file a report with | ||
| the comptroller stating that fact. | ||
| (f) The comptroller shall deposit the money collected under | ||
| this article in the state treasury to the credit of the general | ||
| revenue fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 102, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 102.0217 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 102.0217. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE | ||
| OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense under | ||
| Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, shall pay the following under | ||
| Article 102.0179, Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all | ||
| other costs, to be used for law enforcement purposes: | ||
| (1) court cost on conviction of a misdemeanor | ||
| offense . . . $100; and | ||
| (2) court cost on conviction of a felony offense | ||
| . . . $200. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
| this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
| this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
