HBA-NMO H.B. 1923 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1923 By: Yarbrough Criminal Jurisprudence 3/31/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law requires a person convicted of certain violations in a school zone or passing a school bus to pay as court costs $25 in addition to other taxable court costs. The court directs this payment to a child safety fund in the court's respective municipality. However, the law further requires that this cost be assessed only in a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more. This population cap may hinder smaller municipalities in developing child safety programs. H.B. 1923 removes the population cap regarding municipalities that may assess court costs for a child safety fund. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Article 102.014(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, to delete the provision that requires that additional court costs under this subsection be assessed only in a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more. This subsection requires a person convicted of certain violations in a school zone or passing a school bus to pay as court costs $25 in addition to other taxable court costs. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.