Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.152 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
REPAYMENT OF REWARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a judge orders a defendant to pay a fine repaying a reward or part of a reward under Article 37.073, the court shall assess this fine against the defendant in the same manner as other fines are assessed against a defendant. The court may order the defendant to:
(1) pay the entire amount required when sentence is pronounced;
(2) pay the entire amount required at a later date specified by the court; or
(3) pay specified portions of the required amount at designated intervals.
(b) After receiving a payment of a fine from a person ordered to make the payment under this article, the clerk of the court or fee officer shall:
(1) make a record of the payment;
(2) deduct a one-time $7 reimbursement fee from the payment for deposit in the general fund of the county;
(3) forward the payment to the designated crime stoppers organization; and
(4) make a record of the forwarding of the payment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 611, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from art. 42.151 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 19.01(6), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.10, eff. January 1, 2020.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 919 (S.B. 1923), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 414.010PAYMENTS FROM DEFENDANTS ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; REWARD REPAYMENTS.Printed as Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Gov't Code § 414.011CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS AND REWARD REPAYMENTS.Printed as Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure
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