86R5214 MAW-F
 
  By: Smith H.B. No. 1399
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation and storage of DNA records for a person
  arrested for a felony offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Krystal Jean Baker
  Act.
         SECTION 2.  Article 42A.352, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 42A.352.  DNA SAMPLE.  A judge granting community
  supervision to a defendant convicted of a felony shall require as a
  condition of community supervision that the defendant provide a DNA
  sample under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
  purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant, unless the
  defendant has already submitted the required sample under Section
  411.1471, Government Code, or other [state] law.
         SECTION 3.  Article 102.020(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person shall pay as a cost of court:
               (1)  $250 on conviction of any [an] offense punishable
  as a felony [listed in Section 411.1471(a)(1), Government Code];
               (2)  $50 on conviction of a misdemeanor [an] offense
  described by Section 411.1471(a)(2) [411.1471(a)(3)], Government
  Code; or
               (3)  $34 on placement of the person on community
  supervision, including deferred adjudication community
  supervision, if the person is required to submit a DNA sample under
  Article 42A.352.
         SECTION 4.  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 a felony [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 a felony [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 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 122, 123, 124,
  or 125, Government Code, or former law (Art. 102.0178, Code of
  Criminal Procedure) . . . $60.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.1425 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1425.  GRANT FUNDS. The director shall apply for
  any available federal grant funds applicable to the creation and
  storage of DNA records of persons arrested for certain offenses.
         SECTION 6.  The heading to Section 411.1471, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1471.  DNA RECORDS OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR [,
  CHARGED WITH,] OR CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
         SECTION 7.  Section 411.1471, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (b), and (e) and adding Subsection (b-1)
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a defendant who is:
               (1)  [indicted or waives indictment for a felony
  prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code
  sections:
                     [(A)  Section 20.04(a)(4);
                     [(B)  Section 21.11;
                     [(C)  Section 22.011;
                     [(D)  Section 22.021;
                     [(E)  Section 25.02;
                     [(F)  Section 30.02(d);
                     [(G)  Section 43.05;
                     [(H)  Section 43.25;
                     [(I)  Section 43.26;
                     [(J)  Section 21.02; or
                     [(K)  Section 20A.03;
               [(2)]  arrested for any offense punishable as a felony
  [described by Subdivision (1) after having been previously
  convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for an offense
  described by Subdivision (1) or an offense punishable under Section
  30.02(c)(2), Penal Code]; or
               (2) [(3)]  convicted of an offense:
                     (A)  under Title 5, Penal Code, [other than an
  offense described by Subdivision (1),] that is punishable as a
  Class A misdemeanor [or any higher category of offense], except for
  an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor under Section 20.02,
  22.01, or 22.05, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  under Section 21.08, 25.04, 43.02(b), 43.03,
  or 43.24, Penal Code.
         (b)  [After a defendant described by Subsection (a)(1) is
  indicted or waives indictment, the court in which the case is
  pending shall require the defendant to provide to a law enforcement
  agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA
  record.]  A law enforcement agency arresting a defendant described
  by Subsection (a)(1) [(a)(2)], immediately after fingerprinting
  the defendant and at the same location as the fingerprinting
  occurs, shall require the defendant to provide one or more
  specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record.
         (b-1)  After a defendant described by Subsection (a)(2)
  [(a)(3)] is convicted, the court shall require the defendant to
  provide to a law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the
  purpose of creating a DNA record.
         (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (d), on acquittal of a
  defendant described by Subsection (a)(1) [or (2)] or dismissal of
  the case against the defendant, the court shall order the law
  enforcement agency taking the specimen to immediately destroy the
  record of the collection of the specimen and require the department
  to destroy the specimen and the record of its receipt.
         SECTION 8.  Section 411.1471(c), Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 9.  Section 411.1471, Government Code, as amended 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 governed by the law in effect on the
  date 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 10.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.