Bill Text: TX SB808 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to county participation in a program for improvement of collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB808-Introduced.html
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By: Nichols | S.B. No. 808 |
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relating to county participation in a program for improvement of | ||
collection of court costs, fees, and fines imposed in criminal | ||
cases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 103.0033, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), this [ |
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article applies only to: | ||
(1) a county with a population of 50,000 or greater; | ||
and | ||
(2) a municipality with a population of 100,000 or | ||
greater. | ||
(b-1) This article does not apply to a county with a | ||
population of less than 60,000 that contains four or more | ||
confinement facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. |