Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 117.055 · Subchapter C. DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS
COUNTY EXPENSES PAID FROM FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), to compensate the county for the accounting and administrative expenses incurred in handling the registry funds that have not earned interest, including funds in a special or separate account, the clerk shall, at the time of withdrawal, deduct from the amount of the withdrawal a fee in an amount equal to five percent of the withdrawal but that may not exceed $50. Withdrawal of funds generated from a case arising under the Family Code is exempt from the fee deduction provided by this section.
(a-1) A clerk may not deduct a fee under Subsection (a) from a withdrawal of funds generated by the collection of a cash bond or cash bail bond if in the case for which the bond was taken:
(1) the defendant was found not guilty after a trial or appeal; or
(2) the complaint, information, or indictment was dismissed without a plea of guilty or nolo contendere being entered.
(a-2) On the request of a person to whom withdrawn funds generated by the collection of a cash bond or cash bail bond were disbursed, the clerk shall refund to the person the amount of the fee deducted under Subsection (a) if:
(1) subsequent to the deduction, a court makes or enters an order or ruling in the case for which the bond was taken; and
(2) had the court made or entered the order or ruling before the withdrawal of funds occurred, the deduction under Subsection (a) would have been prohibited under Subsection (a-1).
(b) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 16(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 505, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 119, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 19, eff. December 2, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.117.htm
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