Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.103 · Subchapter C. LOCAL CRIMINAL FEES
LOCAL CONSOLIDATED FEE ON CONVICTION OF NONJAILABLE MISDEMEANOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person convicted of a nonjailable misdemeanor offense, including a criminal violation of a municipal ordinance, shall pay $14 as a court cost, in addition to all other costs, on conviction.
(b) The treasurer shall allocate the court costs received under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:
(1) the courthouse security fund, municipal court building security fund, or consolidated municipal court building security and technology fund, as appropriate 35 percent;
(2) the local youth diversion fund 35.7143 percent;
(3) the justice court technology fund, municipal court technology fund, or consolidated municipal court building security and technology fund, as appropriate 28.5714 percent; and
(4) the county or municipal jury fund, as appropriate 0.7143 percent.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2020.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 525 (H.B. 3186), Sec. 16, eff. January 1, 2024.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 267 (H.B. 1950), Sec. 4, eff. May 29, 2025.
Source of truth
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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.134.htm
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Cited by 9 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.103. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.017COURTHOUSE SECURITY FUND; MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND; JUSTICE COURT BUILDING SECURITY FUND.Printed as Section 134.103, Local Government Code | Sections 134.101, 134.102, 134.103, 135.101, and 135.102, Local Government Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.0172MUNICIPAL COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND.Printed as Section 134.103, Local Government Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.0173JUSTICE COURT ASSISTANCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUND.Printed as Section 134.103, Local Government Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.0175CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY FUND.Printed as Section 134.103, Local Government Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.003CRIMINAL FEES.Printed as Sections 134.101, 134.102, and 134.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.052ALLOCATION OF DEPOSITED FEES.Printed as Sections 134.101, 134.102, and 134.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.151MAINTENANCE OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS.Printed as Section 134.101, 134.102, or 134.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.154COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL JURY FUND.Printed as Section 134.101, 134.102, or 134.103
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 134.156LOCAL YOUTH DIVERSION FUND.Printed as Section 134.103
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