TITLE: Relating to the disposition of fines and costs imposed on an appeal of a misdemeanor case from municipal court.

SUMMARY: Relating to the disposition of fines and costs imposed on an appeal of a misdemeanor case from municipal court.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the disposition of fines and costs imposed on an appeal of a misdemeanor case from municipal court. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 44.281, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: Art. 44.281. MISDEMEANOR CASE ON APPEAL FROM MUNICIPAL COURT: COLLECTION [DISPOSITION] OF FINES AND COSTS [WHEN MISDEMEANOR AFFIRMED].In misdemeanor cases [affirmed] on appeal from a municipal court, the fine imposed on appeal and the costs imposed on appeal shall be collected from the defendant, and the fine of the municipal court when collected shall be paid into the municipal treasury. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a fine or cost imposed on or after the effective date of this Act. A fine or cost imposed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the fine or cost was imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.