85R2046 JRH-D     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 736       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee   record.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 103, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 103.0081 to read as follows:          Art. 103.0081.  UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) Any officer   authorized by this chapter to collect a fee or item of cost may   request the trial court in which a criminal action or proceeding was   held to make a finding that a fee or item of cost imposed in the   action or proceeding is uncollectible if the officer believes:                (1)  the defendant is deceased;                (2)  the defendant is serving a sentence for   imprisonment for life or life without parole; or                (3)  the fee has been unpaid for at least 10 years.          (b)  On a finding by a court that any condition described by   Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is true, the court may order the officer to   designate the fee or item of cost as uncollectible in the fee   record. The officer shall attach a copy of the court's order to the   fee record.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.609 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.609.  UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES. (a) The clerk may request   the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a   civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible   if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 20 years.          (b)  On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed   on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the   clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee   record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the   fee record.          (c)  This section does not apply to a court cost or fee   imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a   court of appeals.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.