Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.056 · Chapter 26. ARRAIGNMENT
CONTRIBUTION FROM STATE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Sec. 1. A county in which a state training school for delinquent children is located shall pay from its general fund the first $250 of fees awarded for court-appointed counsel under Article 26.05 toward defending a child committed to the school from another county who is being prosecuted for a felony or misdemeanor in the county where the training school is located.
Sec. 2. If the fees awarded for counsel compensation are in excess of $250, the court shall certify the amount in excess of $250 to the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. The Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the court-appointed counsel in the amount certified to the comptroller by the court.
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History
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 733, ch. 307, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1967. Renumbered from art. 26.05-1 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.02(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.26.htm
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