83R9592 EAH-D
 
  By: Springer H.B. No. 2520
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the costs of court and juvenile probation
  fees imposed by a juvenile court.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 54.0411(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  If a disposition hearing is held under Section 54.04 of
  this code, the juvenile court, after giving the child, parent, or
  other person responsible for the child's support a reasonable
  opportunity to be heard, shall order the child, parent, or other
  person, if financially able to do so, to pay a fee as costs of court
  of $300 [$20].
         SECTION 2.  Section 54.061(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  If a child is placed on probation under Section
  54.04(d)(1) of this code, the juvenile court, after giving the
  child, parent, or other person responsible for the child's support
  a reasonable opportunity to be heard, shall order the child,
  parent, or other person, if financially able to do so, to pay to the
  court a fee of not more than $60 [$15] a month during the period that
  the child continues on probation.
         SECTION 3.  Section 103.0212, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 103.0212.  ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL OR
  CIVIL CASES:  FAMILY CODE. An accused or defendant, or a party to a
  civil suit, as applicable, shall pay the following fees and costs
  under the Family Code if ordered by the court or otherwise required:
               (1)  in family matters:
                     (A)  issuing writ of withholding (Sec. 8.262,
  Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (B)  filing copy of writ of withholding to
  subsequent employer (Sec. 8.267, Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (C)  issuing and delivering modified writ of
  withholding or notice of termination (Sec. 8.302, Family Code)
  . . . $15;
                     (D)  issuing and delivering notice of termination
  of withholding (Sec. 8.303, Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (E)  issuance of change of name certificate (Sec.
  45.106, Family Code) . . . $10;
                     (F)  protective order fee (Sec. 81.003, Family
  Code) . . . $16;
                     (G)  filing suit requesting adoption of child
  (Sec. 108.006, Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (H)  filing fees for suits affecting parent-child
  relationship (Sec. 110.002, Family Code):
                           (i)  suit or motion for modification (Sec.
  110.002, Family Code) . . . $15;
                           (ii)  motion for enforcement (Sec. 110.002,
  Family Code) . . . $15;
                           (iii)  notice of application for judicial
  writ of withholding (Sec. 110.002, Family Code) . . . $15;
                           (iv)  motion to transfer (Sec. 110.002,
  Family Code) . . . $15;
                           (v)  petition for license suspension (Sec.
  110.002, Family Code) . . . $15;
                           (vi)  motion to revoke a stay of license
  suspension (Sec. 110.002, Family Code) . . . $15; and
                           (vii)  motion for contempt (Sec. 110.002,
  Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (I)  order or writ of income withholding to be
  delivered to employer (Sec. 110.004, Family Code) . . . not to
  exceed $15;
                     (J)  filing fee for transferred case (Sec.
  110.005, Family Code) . . . $45;
                     (K)  filing a writ of withholding (Sec. 158.319,
  Family Code) . . . $15;
                     (L)  filing a request for modified writ of
  withholding or notice of termination (Sec. 158.403, Family Code)
  . . . not to exceed $15;
                     (M)  filing an administrative writ to employer
  (Sec. 158.503, Family Code) . . . not to exceed $15; and
                     (N)  genetic testing fees in relation to a child
  born to a gestational mother (Sec. 160.762, Family Code) . . . as
  assessed by the court; and
               (2)  in juvenile court:
                     (A)  fee schedule for deferred prosecution
  services (Sec. 53.03, Family Code) . . . maximum fee of $15 a month;
                     (B)  a request fee for a teen court program (Sec.
  54.032, Family Code) . . . $20, if the court ordering the fee is
  located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, but otherwise not to
  exceed $10;
                     (C)  court costs for juvenile probation diversion
  fund (Sec. 54.0411, Family Code) . . . $300 [$20];
                     (D)  a juvenile delinquency prevention fee (Sec.
  54.0461, Family Code) . . . $50;
                     (E)  a court fee for child's probationary period
  (Sec. 54.061, Family Code) . . . not to exceed $60 [$15] a month;
                     (F)  a fee to cover costs of required duties of
  teen court (Sec. 54.032, Family Code) . . . $20, if the court
  ordering the fee is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region,
  but otherwise not to exceed $10;
                     (G)  a fee for DNA testing on commitment to
  certain facilities (Sec. 54.0462, Family Code) . . . $50; and
                     (H)  a fee for DNA testing after placement on
  probation or as otherwise required by law (Sec. 54.0462, Family
  Code) . . . $34.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a fee or court cost imposed in a juvenile case for conduct violating
  a penal law that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
  Conduct violating a penal law occurs on or after the effective date
  of this Act if any element of the violation occurs on or after that
  date. Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect at the time the conduct occurred, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  Section 51.607, Government Code, does not apply
  to the change in the amount of fees made by Sections 1 and 2 of this
  Act.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.