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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Title 2 - CHAPTER 102. COSTS PAID BY DEFENDANTS (United States)
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Title 2 - CHAPTER 102. COSTS PAID BY DEFENDANTS
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a defendant is liable on conviction for the fees provided by this article for witnesses in the defendant's case. If a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor does not pay the defendant's fines and costs, the county or municipality, as appropriate, is liable for the fees provided by this article for witnesses in the defendant's case.
Art. 102.004. JURY FEE. (a) A defendant convicted by a jury in a trial before a justice or municipal court shall pay a jury fee of $3. A defendant in a justice or municipal court who requests a trial by jury and who withdraws the request not earlier than 24 hours before the time of trial shall pay a jury fee of $3, if the defendant is convicted of the offense or final disposition of the defendant's case is deferred. A defendant convicted by a jury in a county court, a county court at law, or a district court shall pay a jury fee of $20.
(d) Fees deposited in the jury service fund under this article are exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
Art. 102.007. FEE FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER. (a) A county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may collect a fee if the attorney's office collects and processes a check or similar sight order, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, if the check or similar sight order:
(e) In addition to the collection fee specified in Subsection (c), the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may collect the fee authorized by Section 3.506, Business & Commerce Code, for the benefit of the holder of a check or similar sight order or the holder's assignee, agent, representative, or any other person retained by the holder to seek collection of the check or order.
(f) Fees collected under Subsection (c) of this article shall be deposited in the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the prosecutor's office, but in no event may the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund.
Art. 102.0071. JUSTICE COURT DISHONORED CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER. On conviction in justice court of an offense under Section 32.41, Penal Code, or an offense under Section 31.03 or 31.04, Penal Code, in which it is shown that the defendant committed the offense by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, that was subsequently dishonored, the court may collect from the defendant and pay to the holder of the check or order the fee permitted by Section 3.506, Business & Commerce Code.
This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see S.B. 287, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
(1) $5 for issuing a written notice to appear in court following the defendant's violation of a traffic law, municipal ordinance, or penal law of this state, or for making an arrest without a warrant;
(1) incurred as a result of the defendant's participation in the pretrial intervention program, other than an expense described by Article 102.0121; or
(2) necessary to the defendant's successful completion of the program.
Art. 102.0121. FEES FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATED TO PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. (a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney may collect a fee in an amount not to exceed $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.
Art. 102.013. COURT COSTS; CRIME STOPPERS ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT. (a) The legislature shall appropriate funds from the crime stoppers assistance account to the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office. The Criminal Justice Division may use 10 percent of the funds for the operation of the toll-free telephone service under Section 414.012, Government Code, and shall distribute the remainder of the funds only to crime stoppers organizations. The Criminal Justice Division may adopt a budget and rules to implement the distribution of these funds.
(b) All funds distributed by the Criminal Justice Division under Subsection (a) of this article are subject to audit by the state auditor. All funds collected or distributed are subject to audit by the Governor's Division of Planning Coordination.
This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2398, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
Art. 102.015. COURT COSTS: TRUANCY PREVENTION AND DIVERSION FUND. (a) The truancy prevention and diversion fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
(b) A person convicted in municipal or justice court of an offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle, shall pay as a court cost $2 in addition to other court costs.
(2) the defendant receives deferred disposition in the case.
(d) Court costs under this article are collected in the same manner as other fines or costs. An officer collecting the costs shall keep separate records of the funds collected as costs under this article and shall deposit the funds in the county treasury or municipal treasury, as applicable.
(e) The custodian of a county treasury or municipal treasury, as applicable, shall:
(2) send to the comptroller before the last day of the first month following each calendar quarter the funds collected under this article during the preceding quarter, except that the custodian may retain 50 percent of funds collected under this article for the purpose of operating or establishing a juvenile case manager program, if the county or municipality has established or is attempting to establish a juvenile case manager program.
(f) If no funds due as costs under this article are deposited in a county treasury or municipal treasury in a calendar quarter, the custodian of the treasury shall file the report required for the quarter in the regular manner and must state that no funds were collected.
(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund to be known as the truancy prevention and diversion fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the account only to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for distribution to local governmental entities for truancy prevention and intervention services.
(h) A local governmental entity may request funds from the criminal justice division of the governor's office for providing truancy prevention and intervention services. The division may award the requested funds based on the availability of appropriated funds and subject to the application procedure and eligibility requirements specified by division rule.
Art. 102.017. COURT COSTS; COURTHOUSE SECURITY FUND; MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND; JUSTICE COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND.
(a) A defendant convicted of a felony offense in a district court shall pay a $5 security fee as a cost of court.
(5) Chapter 54A, Government Code; or
(d-1) For purposes of this article, the term "security personnel, services, and items" includes:
(10) locks, chains, alarms, or similar security devices;
(11) the purchase or repair of bullet-proof glass;
(12) continuing education on security issues for court personnel and security personnel; and
(13) warrant officers and related equipment.
(f) A justice court may, subject to the approval of the commissioners court, use a fund designated by this article to assist a constable's office or other county department with a technological enhancement, or cost related to the enhancement, described by Subsection (d)(1) or (2) if the enhancement directly relates to the operation or efficiency of the justice court. This subsection applies only to a county that:
(1) has a population of 125,000 or more;
(2) is not adjacent to a county of two million or more;
(3) contains a portion of the Guadalupe River; and
(4) contains a portion of Interstate Highway 10.
This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2945, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
Art. 102.0174. COURT COSTS; JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND. (a) In this article, "fund" means a juvenile case manager fund.
(b) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may create a juvenile case manager fund and may require a defendant convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor offense in a municipal court to pay a juvenile case manager fee not to exceed $5 as a cost of court if the municipality employs a juvenile case manager. A municipality that does not employ a juvenile case manager may not collect a fee under this subsection.
(c) The commissioners court of a county by order may create a juvenile case manager fund and may require a defendant convicted of a fine-only misdemeanor offense in a justice court, county court, or county court at law to pay a juvenile case manager fee not to exceed $5 as a cost of court if the court employs a juvenile case manager. A justice court, county court, or county court at law that does not employ a juvenile case manager may not collect a fee under this subsection.
(g) A fund created under this section may be used only to finance the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the position of a juvenile case manager employed under Article 45.056. The fund may not be used to supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that of a juvenile case manager.
(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of the drug court account in the general revenue fund to help fund drug court programs established under Chapter 122, 123, 124, or 125, Government Code, or former law. The legislature shall appropriate money from the account solely to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for distribution to drug court programs that apply for the money.
(4) A person's liability under this subsection for the reasonable expense of an accident response may not exceed $1,000 for a particular incident. For the purposes of this subdivision, a reasonable expense for an accident response includes only those costs to the public agency arising directly from an accident response to a particular incident, such as the cost of providing police, fire-fighting, rescue, ambulance, and emergency medical services at the scene of the incident and the salaries of the personnel of the public agency responding to the incident.
(c) Costs imposed under this article are collected in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133, Local Government Code.
This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 941 and H.B. 2299, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.
Art. 102.022. COSTS ON CONVICTION TO FUND STATEWIDE REPOSITORY FOR DATA RELATED TO CIVIL JUSTICE. (a) In this article, "moving violation" means an offense that:
(h) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of the Civil Justice Data Repository fund in the general revenue fund, to be used only by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to implement duties under Section 1701.162, Occupations Code.
Art. 102.056. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. (a) The legislature shall determine and appropriate the necessary amount from the criminal justice planning fund to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for expenditure for state and local criminal justice projects and for costs of administering the funds for the projects. The criminal justice division shall allocate not less than 20 percent of these funds to juvenile justice programs. The distribution of the funds to local units of government shall be in an amount equal at least to the same percentage as local expenditures for criminal justice activities are to total state and local expenditures for criminal justice activities for the preceding state fiscal year. Funds shall be allocated among combinations of local units of government taking into consideration the population of the combination of local units of government as compared to the population of the state and the incidence of crime in the jurisdiction of the combination of local units of government as compared to the incidence of crime in the state. All funds collected are subject to audit by the comptroller of public accounts. All funds expended are subject to audit by the State Auditor. All funds collected or expended are subject to audit by the governor's division of planning coordination.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the criminal justice division shall allocate to a local unit of government or combination of local units of government located in an impacted region occurring as the result of the establishment of a significant new naval military facility an amount that exceeds by 10 percent the amount it would otherwise receive under this article.
(d) In this article, "significant new naval military facility" and "impacted region" have the meanings assigned by Section 4, Article 1, National Defense Impacted Region Assistance Act of 1985.
(e) The legislature shall determine and appropriate the necessary amount from the criminal justice planning account to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for reimbursement in the form of grants to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and other law enforcement agencies for expenses incurred in performing duties imposed on those agencies under Section 411.1471 or Subchapter B-1, Chapter 420, Government Code, as applicable. On the first day after the end of a calendar quarter, a law enforcement agency incurring expenses described by this subsection in the previous calendar quarter shall send a certified statement of the costs incurred to the criminal justice division. The criminal justice division through a grant shall reimburse the law enforcement agency for the costs not later than the 30th day after the date the certified statement is received. If the criminal justice division does not reimburse the law enforcement agency before the 90th day after the date the certified statement is received, the agency is not required to perform duties imposed under Section 411.1471 or Subchapter B-1, Chapter 420, Government Code, as applicable, until the agency has been compensated for all costs for which the agency has submitted a certified statement under this subsection.