82R20296 YDB-F     By: Gonzalez, Gonzales of Hidalgo H.B. No. 777       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to court costs imposed on conviction and deposited to the   appropriate courthouse security fund or court building security   fund.          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 an $8    [a $3] security fee as a cost of court. A defendant convicted of a   misdemeanor offense in a justice court shall pay a $9 [$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 an $8 [a $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) . . . $20;                (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) . . . $8 [$3]; and                (7)  a juvenile delinquency prevention and graffiti   eradication fee (Art. 102.0171, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .   $50.          SECTION 3.  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) . . . $9 [$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;                (7)  a fee on conviction of certain offenses involving   issuing or passing a subsequently dishonored check (Art. 102.0071,   Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $30;                (8)  a court cost on conviction of a Class C misdemeanor   in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, if authorized   by the county commissioners court (Art. 102.009, Code of Criminal   Procedure) . . . not to exceed $7; and                (9)  a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.          SECTION 4.  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) . . . $8 [$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; and                (7)  a civil justice fee (Art. 102.022, Code of   Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.10.          SECTION 5.  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, 2012. For purposes of this section, an offense is   committed before January 1, 2012, if any element of the offense   occurs before that date. Court costs imposed on conviction of an   offense committed before January 1, 2012, 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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.