Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 45A.157 · Subchapter D. TRIAL
FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR JURY TRIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A justice or municipal court may order a defendant who does not waive a jury trial in a justice or municipal court and who fails to appear for the trial to pay a reimbursement fee for the costs incurred for impaneling the jury.
(b) The justice or municipal court for good cause may release a defendant from the obligation to pay the reimbursement fee under this article.
(c) An order issued by a justice or municipal court under this article may be enforced by contempt as provided by Section 21.002(c), Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
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