Bill Text: TX HB1962 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the programs that a justice or municipal court may require a juvenile offender to attend and to the payment of related program costs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Considered in Calendars [HB1962 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1962-Introduced.html
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By: Villarreal | H.B. No. 1962 |
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relating to the programs that a justice or municipal court may | ||
require a juvenile offender to attend and to the payment of related | ||
program costs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Articles 45.057(b) and (c), Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On a finding by a justice or municipal court that a child | ||
committed an offense that the court has jurisdiction of under | ||
Article 4.11 or 4.14, the court has jurisdiction to enter an order: | ||
(1) referring the child or the child's parent for | ||
services under Section 264.302, Family Code; | ||
(2) requiring that the child attend a special program | ||
that the court determines to be in the best interest of the child | ||
and, if the program involves the expenditure of municipal or county | ||
funds, that is approved by the governing body of the municipality or | ||
county commissioners court, as applicable, including a | ||
rehabilitation, counseling, self-esteem and leadership, work and | ||
job skills training, job interviewing and work preparation, | ||
self-improvement, parenting, manners, violence avoidance, | ||
tutoring, sensitivity training, parental responsibility, community | ||
service, restitution, advocacy, or mentoring program; or | ||
(3) requiring that the child's parent do any act or | ||
refrain from doing any act that the court determines will increase | ||
the likelihood that the child will comply with the orders of the | ||
court and that is reasonable and necessary for the welfare of the | ||
child, including: | ||
(A) attend a parenting class or parental | ||
responsibility program; and | ||
(B) attend the child's school classes or | ||
functions. | ||
(c) The justice or municipal court may order the parent, | ||
managing conservator, or guardian of a child required to attend a | ||
special program under Subsection (b) to pay an amount not greater | ||
than $250 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 101.141(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A clerk of a justice court shall collect fees and costs | ||
under other laws as follows: | ||
(1) the cost of a special program that a court may | ||
order a child to attend after a finding that the child committed an | ||
offense, if ordered by the court (Art. 45.057, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure) . . . costs of the program not to exceed $250 [ |
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(2) additional filing fees: | ||
(A) to fund Dallas County civil court facilities | ||
(Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; | ||
(B) for filing any civil action or proceeding | ||
requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on the filing of | ||
any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, interpleader, or | ||
third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund civil legal | ||
services for the indigent (Sec. 133.153, Local Government Code) | ||
. . . $6; and | ||
(C) to fund the improvement of Hays County court | ||
facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. | ||
51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; | ||
(3) for filing a suit in Comal County (Sec. 152.0522, | ||
Human Resources Code) . . . $1.50; and | ||
(4) fee for hearing on probable cause for removal of a | ||
vehicle and placement in a storage facility if assessed by the court | ||
(Sec. 2308.457, Occupations Code) . . . $20. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 101.161, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.161. MUNICIPAL COURT FEES AND COSTS. The clerk of | ||
a municipal court shall collect: | ||
(1) a fee for a hearing on probable cause for removal | ||
of a vehicle and placement in a storage facility if assessed by the | ||
court (Sec. 2308.457, Occupations Code) . . . $20; and | ||
(2) the cost of a special program that a court may | ||
order a child to attend after finding that the child committed an | ||
offense, if ordered by the court (Art. 45.057, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure) . . . costs of the program not to exceed $250 [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 101.181, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.181. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD FEES AND COSTS. | ||
The clerk of a municipal court of record shall collect the following | ||
fees and costs: | ||
(1) from an appellant, a fee for preparation of the | ||
clerk's record (Sec. 30.00014, Government Code) . . . $25; | ||
(2) from an appellant in the City of El Paso, an | ||
appellate court docket fee (Sec. 30.00147, Government Code) . . . | ||
$25; and | ||
(3) the cost of a special program that a court may | ||
order a child to attend after finding that the child committed an | ||
offense, if ordered by the court (Art. 45.057, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure) . . . costs of the program, not to exceed $250 [ |
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SECTION 5. 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 was committed before that | ||
date. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |