85R6482 DMS-D     By: Moody H.B. No. 1465       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on a judge's imposition of court costs and   filing or other fees on indigent defendants and plaintiffs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 2, Government Code, is amended   by adding Chapter 104 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 104. COURT COSTS AND FILING AND OTHER FEES IN CIVIL AND   CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS          Sec. 104.001.  WAIVING COURT COSTS AND FILING AND OTHER FEES   FOR INDIGENTS. (a) In this section, "indigent" means an individual   who earns not more than 125 percent of the income standard   established by applicable federal poverty guidelines.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a judge or justice of the   supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a   district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county   court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal   court, in a civil or criminal proceeding who finds that the   defendant or plaintiff in the proceeding is indigent shall waive   all court costs, including costs on conviction, and all filing fees   and other fees imposed by law on the indigent defendant or   plaintiff.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 104, Government Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to court costs and filing and other fees imposed   in a civil or criminal proceeding that is conducted on or after the   effective date of this Act. Court costs and filing and other fees   imposed in a civil or criminal proceeding before the effective date   of this Act are governed by the law in effect on the date the costs   or fees were imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.