HB743 — Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.

HB743 — Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant. · Informed CitizenryThe bill amends several articles in the Code of Criminal Procedure regarding confinement for failure to pay fines or costs and contempt. Under Article 45A.251(d), a justice or judge must credit th…Open in Informed Citizenry