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  89R2051 RDR-F     By: Lozano H.B. No. 1221       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses   related to pretrial intervention programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 102.0121(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (a)  A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or   county attorney may collect a reimbursement fee in an amount not to   exceed $1,200 [ $500 ] to be used to reimburse a county for expenses,   including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district   attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's   participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that   county.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a reimbursement fee for participation in a pretrial intervention   program for an offense committed on or after the effective date of   this Act.  A reimbursement fee relating to an offense committed   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section,   an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if   any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.