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HB 504 Courthouse and courtroom security; assessment fee.

Introduced by: W. Benny Keister | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Assessment for courthouse and courtroom security. Broadens the use of the $5 fee collected by the courts for assessment for courthouse and courtroom security to allow the fee to be used to fund equipment and other personal property to be used in connection with courthouse security, if requested by the sheriff, and not just security personnel as under current law. This bill incorporates HB 457 and HB 1140 and is identical to SB 214.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Assessment for courthouse and courtroom security. Provides that the fee assessed by counties and cities in criminal and traffic cases of up to $5 shall be appropriated by the governing body to the sheriff's office, and may be used not solely for courthouse security personnel, but also, at the sheriff's request, for courthouse security equipment including but not limited to stationary or moveable metal detectors, panic alarm systems, or loudspeaker systems. This bill incorporates HB 457 and HB 1140.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assessment for courthouse and courtroom security. Broadens the use of the $5 fee collected by the courts for assessment for courthouse and courtroom security to funding all courthouse security, not just security personnel.