H.B. No. 666

	AN ACT
	relating to certain costs used to fund drug court programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  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 [$50] 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 2.  (a)  Section 102.021, Government Code, is
	amended to conform to Chapter 1263 (H.B. 3060), Acts of the 80th
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and is further 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, [or] 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 truancy or
	contributing to truancy (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)  cost for DNA testing for certain felonies (Art.
	102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250;
	(14)  court cost on an offense of public lewdness or
	indecent exposure (Art. 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . .
	$50;
	(15)  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; [and]
	(16)  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
	(17)  costs attendant to convictions under Chapter 49,
	Penal Code, and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, to help
	fund drug court programs established under Chapter 469, Health and
	Safety Code (Art. 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $60.
	(b)  Section 102.0215, Government Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	covered 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 was committed before that
	date.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 666 was passed by the House on April
	22, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 666 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 666 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 143,
	Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 666 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	666 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor