Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 151.009 · Chapter 151. TRIAL BY SPECIAL JUDGE
FEES AND COSTS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The parties, in equal shares, shall pay:
(1) the special judge's fee; and
(2) all administrative costs, including the court reporter's fee, related to the trial.
(b) A cost for a witness called by a party or any other cost related only to a single party's case shall be paid by the party who incurred the cost.
(c) The state or a unit of local government may not pay any costs related to a trial under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.151.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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