Bill Text: TX HB3992 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the courthouse security fund or the municipal court building security fund; increasing fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3992 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3992-Introduced.html

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86R1959 YDB-D
By: Hefner H.B. No. 3992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the
courthouse security fund or the municipal court building security
fund; increasing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Articles 102.017(a) and (b), Code of Criminal
Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district
court shall pay a $10 [$5] security fee as a cost of court.
(b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a
county court, county court at law, or district court shall pay a $5
[$3] security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a
misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay a $5 [$4] security
fee as a cost of court. The governing body of a municipality by
ordinance may create a municipal court building security fund and
may require a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense in a
municipal court to pay a $5 [$3] security fee as a cost of court.
SECTION 2. Section 102.041, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102.041. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
DISTRICT COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a
district court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of
Criminal Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $40;
(2) a fee for clerk of the court services (Art.
102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
(3) a records management and preservation services fee
(Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
(4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(5) a security fee on a felony offense (Art. 102.017,
Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $10 [$5];
(6) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3]; and
(7) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
$50.
SECTION 3. Section 102.061, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102.061. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
STATUTORY COUNTY COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of
a statutory county court shall collect fees and costs under the Code
of Criminal Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $40;
(2) a fee for services of the clerk of the court (Art.
102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
(3) a records management and preservation services fee
(Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
(4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(5) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
(6) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
$50;
(7) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
juvenile case manager; and
(8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
SECTION 4. Section 102.081, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102.081. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
COUNTY COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a county
court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $40;
(2) a fee for clerk of the court services (Art.
102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $40;
(3) a records management and preservation services fee
(Art. 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
(4) a county and district court technology fee (Art.
102.0169, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(5) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
(6) a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti
eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
$50;
(7) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
juvenile case manager; and
(8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
SECTION 5. Section 102.101, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102.101. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
JUSTICE COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A clerk of a justice
court shall collect fees and costs under the Code of Criminal
Procedure on conviction of a defendant as follows:
(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
(2) a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
(3) a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
(Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
(4) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$4];
(5) a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
(Art. 102.0173, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $4;
(6) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the court employs a
juvenile case manager;
(7) a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving
issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check or similar sight
order (Art. 102.0071, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to
exceed $30; and
(8) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
SECTION 6. Section 102.121, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102.121. ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION IN
MUNICIPAL COURT: CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The clerk of a
municipal court shall collect fees and costs on conviction of a
defendant as follows:
(1) a jury fee (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
(2) a fee for withdrawing request for jury less than 24
hours before time of trial (Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal
Procedure) . . . $3;
(3) a jury fee for two or more defendants tried jointly
(Art. 102.004, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . one jury fee of $3;
(4) a security fee on a misdemeanor offense (Art.
102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $5 [$3];
(5) a fee for technology fund on a misdemeanor offense
(Art. 102.0172, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $4;
(6) a juvenile case manager fee (Art. 102.0174, Code
of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5 if the municipality
employs a juvenile case manager; and
(7) a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of
Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.
SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to court costs imposed on conviction of an offense committed on or
after January 1, 2020. For purposes of this section, an offense is
committed before January 1, 2020, if any element of the offense
occurs before that date. Court costs imposed on conviction of an
offense committed before January 1, 2020, are governed by the law in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.