85R2974 MAW-D     By: Minjarez H.B. No. 90       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to expanding the category of persons required to pay   certain costs on conviction imposed to support drug court programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Article 102.0178, Code of   Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          Art. 102.0178.  COSTS IMPOSED ON CONVICTION TO SUPPORT DRUG   COURT PROGRAMS [ATTENDANT TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION AND DRUG   CONVICTIONS].          SECTION 2.  Article 102.0178(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (a)  In addition to other costs on conviction imposed by this   chapter, a person shall pay $60 as a court cost on conviction of an   offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category   of offense [under:                [(1)  Chapter 49, Penal Code; or                [(2)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code].          SECTION 3.  Section 102.021, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 102.021.  COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION:  CODE OF CRIMINAL   PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following   under the Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all other   costs:                (1)  court cost on conviction of any offense, other   than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the   parking of a motor vehicle (Art. 102.0045, Code of Criminal   Procedure) . . . $4;                (2)  a fee for services of prosecutor (Art. 102.008,   Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;                (3)  fees for services of peace officer:                      (A)  issuing a written notice to appear in court   for certain violations (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure)   . . . $5;                      (B)  executing or processing an issued arrest   warrant, capias, or capias pro fine (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal   Procedure) . . . $50;                      (C)  summoning a witness (Art. 102.011, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;                      (D)  serving a writ not otherwise listed (Art.   102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $35;                      (E)  taking and approving a bond and, if   necessary, returning the bond to courthouse (Art. 102.011, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $10;                      (F)  commitment or release (Art. 102.011, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;                      (G)  summoning a jury (Art. 102.011, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;                      (H)  attendance of a prisoner in habeas corpus   case if prisoner has been remanded to custody or held to bail (Art.   102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 each day;                      (I)  mileage for certain services performed (Art.   102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.29 per mile; and                      (J)  services of a sheriff or constable who serves   process and attends examining trial in certain cases (Art. 102.011,   Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;                (4)  services of a peace officer in conveying a witness   outside the county (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .   $10 per day or part of a day, plus actual necessary travel expenses;                (5)  overtime of peace officer for time spent   testifying in the trial or traveling to or from testifying in the   trial (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;                (6)  court costs on an offense relating to rules of the   road, when offense occurs within a school crossing zone (Art.   102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;                (7)  court costs on an offense of passing a school bus   (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;                (8)  court costs on an offense of parent contributing   to student nonattendance (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure)   . . . $20;                (9)  cost for visual recording of intoxication arrest   before conviction (Art. 102.018, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .   $15;                (10)  cost of certain evaluations (Art. 102.018, Code   of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;                (11)  additional costs attendant to certain   intoxication convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for   emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care   systems (Art. 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;                (12)  additional costs attendant to certain child   sexual assault and related convictions, for child abuse prevention   programs (Art. 102.0186, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;                (13)  court cost for DNA testing for certain felonies   (Art. 102.020(a)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250;                (14)  court cost for DNA testing for certain   misdemeanors and felonies (Art. 102.020(a)(2), Code of Criminal   Procedure) . . . $50;                (15)  court cost for DNA testing for certain felonies   (Art. 102.020(a)(3), Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $34;                (16)  if required by the court, a restitution fee for   costs incurred in collecting restitution installments and for the   compensation to victims of crime fund (Art. 42.037, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $12;                (17)  if directed by the justice of the peace or   municipal court judge hearing the case, court costs on conviction   in a criminal action (Art. 45.041, Code of Criminal Procedure)   . . . part or all of the costs as directed by the judge; and                (18)  costs imposed on conviction of an offense   punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, or of any higher category of   offense [attendant to convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, and   under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code], to support [help fund]   drug court programs established under Chapter 122, 123, 124, or   125, Government Code, or former law (Art. 102.0178, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $60.          SECTION 4.  Article 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure, as   amended by this Act, applies only to a cost on conviction for an   offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   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 occurred before that date.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.