TITLE: Relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and constables.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and constables.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain fees of and costs incurred by sheriffs and constables. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 118.131(h), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (h) If the commissioners court does not set fees under this section, the fees for services by the offices of the sheriff and constables are those fees provided by law in effect for the preceding fiscal year [on August 31, 1981].SECTION 2. Section 118.133(d), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Fees collected under this section [Act] shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the general fund of the county. SECTION 3. Section 118.134(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to costs incurred on property seized in conjunction with an offense alleged under the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, or Title 6 or 7, Transportation Code [Title 116, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes],when the owner of the property is subsequently found to be not guilty of an offense or other proscribed activity described in those statutes, or if other charges whether criminal or civil are dropped. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.