Bill Text: TX HB2259 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 2259 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to uncollectible fees and costs in criminal actions and proceedings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2259 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2259-Comm_Sub.html

	86R20238 MEW-F

	By: Smith	H.B. No. 2259

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2259:

	By: White	C.S.H.B. No. 2259



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to uncollectible fees and costs in criminal actions and
	proceedings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article 103.0081(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a) Any officer authorized by this chapter to collect a fee
	or item of cost may request the trial court in which a criminal
	action or proceeding was held to make a finding that a fee or item of
	cost imposed in the action or proceeding is uncollectible if the
	officer believes:
	(1) the defendant is deceased;
	(2) the defendant is serving a sentence for
	imprisonment for life or life without parole; or
	(3) the fee has been unpaid for at least 10 [15] years.
	SECTION 2. Article 103.0081(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is repealed.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.