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AN ACT
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relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee |
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record. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.609 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.609. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) The clerk may request |
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the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a |
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civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible |
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if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years. |
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(b) On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed |
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on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the |
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clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee |
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record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the |
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fee record. |
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(c) This section does not apply to a court cost or fee |
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imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a |
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court of appeals. |
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SECTION 2. Article 103.0081(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 435 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 435 on May 13, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 435 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |