85R20169 LHC-D     By: Minjarez, Deshotel H.B. No. 1997     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1997:     By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 1997       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorizing a fee for certain pretrial diversion   programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0111 to read as   follows:          Art. 102.0111.  FEES FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS.  A   county pretrial services office may collect a supervision fee in an   amount not to exceed $60 each month from a defendant participating   in a pretrial diversion program operated by that office. If the   office determines that the defendant is indigent, the office may   require the defendant to pay a fee of less than $60 only in an amount   the office determines would not cause undue hardship for the   defendant.  The defendant may be required to pay the fee under this   article as a condition of participating in the program.          SECTION 2.  Article 103.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit in a   special fund of the county treasury for the county pretrial   services office serving the county money received from fees imposed   under Article 102.0111, to be used only for the pretrial diversion   program operated by that office.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 103.02101 to read as follows:          Sec. 103.02101.  ADDITIONAL FEE FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION   PROGRAM:  CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.  A defendant participating in   a pretrial diversion program operated by a county pretrial services   office shall, if required by the office, pay a supervision fee under   Article 102.0111, Code of Criminal Procedure, in an amount not to   exceed $60 each month.          SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a defendant who participates in a pretrial diversion program   that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.  A defendant   who participates in a pretrial diversion program that begins before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when   the program began, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.