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Senate committee advances $50→$75 arrest-warrant fee increase after split public testimony
Summary
House Bill 2282 would raise the statutory fee for executing an arrest warrant from $50 to $75. Supporters, including constables, said current fees have not kept pace with costs. Opponents including the Texas Fair Defense Project called the change a regressive fee that burdens people who cannot pay.
House Bill 2282, which raises the arrest-warrant fee from $50 to $75, was presented to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice and advanced after public testimony that split along enforcement and defense lines.
Sponsor Senator Perry summarized: the bill “would simply increase the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75 because as we all know everything costs more these days.”
Constable Larry Gallardo, speaking for the Justice of the Peace and Constable Association of Texas,…
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