Texas § GV.51.608 - IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
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§ GV.51.608. IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Notwithstanding any other law that establishes the amount of a court cost collected by the clerk of a district, county, or statutory county court from a defendant in a criminal proceeding based on the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, the amount of a court cost imposed on the defendant in a criminal proceeding must be the amount established under the law in effect on the date the defendant is convicted of the offense. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (S.B. 389 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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