OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
WOMACK, Judge,
delivered the opinion of
the Court
in which MeCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and BAIRD, MEYERS, KELLER, PRICE and HOLLAND, Judges, joined.
At issue in this case is a court’s authority to impose a condition of community supervision that requires a probationer to reimburse the county for payments to the attorney pro tem who prosecuted. We hold that the legislature has not given the courts such authority-
I.
The appellant waived trial by jury and pleaded guilty to five indictments charging misapplication of fiduciary property. The court assessed punishment in each case at ten years’ confinement, suspended for ten years. As a condition of community supervision1 in one case, the court required the appellant to pay court costs that included $230,695.21 in reimbursement to the county for the cost of the attorney pro tem who was appointed to represent the State after the district attorney recused himself.2 This appeal is from the judgment in that case.
The Court of Appeals held that the trial court was not authorized to order the appellant to pay the costs of the prosecutor as a cost of court or to otherwise reimburse the county for those fees. Busby v. State, 951 S.W.2d 928, 931 (Tex.App. — Austin 1997). The Court of Appeals deleted the requirement that the appellant pay $230,695.21 in attorney fees. Id. at 932. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review of that decision.3
II.
We begin by pointing out that the district court had no inherent authority to impose the condition. Texas courts do not have inherent power to grant probation. Lee v. State, 516 S.W.2d 151, 152 (Tex.Cr.App.1974). There are two sources of judicial authority to grant probation, and both are subject to legislative regulation.
One source of judicial authority to grant probation is legislation enacted under Article IV, Section 11A of the Texas Constitution:
The Courts of the State of Texas having original jurisdiction of criminal actions shall have the power, after conviction, to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place the defendant upon probation and to reimpose such sentence, under such conditions as the Legislature may prescribe.
This section amended the article of the Constitution that defines the power of the executive. It has been called “a limited grant of clemency to the courts by the people.” State ex rel. Smith v. Blackwell, 500 S.W.2d 97, 101 (Tex.Cr.App.1973). It was not self-enacting, but required enabling legislation. State v. Klein, 154 Tex. Crim. 31, 34, 224 S.W.2d 250, 252 (1949). Section 11A was first given effect by enactment of the Adult Probation and Parole Law in 1947.4 Ibid. Section 1 of that statute, which allowed a court to grant pro[629]*629bation without the recommendation of a jury, is the ancestor of section 3 of the present community supervision statute, Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12. Article IV, Section 11A of the Constitution also authorizes the other statutory provisions that allow a court to grant community supervision, after conviction, without the recommendation of a jury.5
The other source of authority to grant probation is the general legislative power itself, which was created in Article III, § 1 of the Texas Constitution. McNew v. State, 608 S.W.2d 166, 176 (Tex.Cr.App.1980). The legislature may exercise its power to give the courts authority to suspend sentences, but the authority must not intrude on the executive’s power to pardon. Snodgrass v. State, 67 Tex.Crim. 615, 150 S.W. 162 (1912). We have held that two kinds of probation are based on the general legislative power. One was the “jury recommended community supervision” which is now authorized by section 4 of the community supervision statute (Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12). The present section 4 is the descendant of the Suspension of Sentence Act of 1913.6 That act was found to be within the legislature’s constitutional power to fix the punishment for crimes, and within the judiciary branch’s authority to assess punishment. Baker v. State, 70 Tex. Crim. 618, 158 S.W. 998 (1913).7
Another kind of community supervision that is authorized by the general legislative power is deferred adjudication.8 McNew v. State, 608 S.W.2d 166, 176 (Tex.Cr.App.1980). When a court grants deferred adjudication probation there has been no conviction. Price v. State, 866 S.W.2d 606, 611 (Tex.Cr.App.1993). Therefore the legislature and the judiciary do not infringe on the executive’s power to pardon after conviction.
Be it authorized by Article III, § 1 or by Article IV, § 11A, the granting of probation is completely subject to legislative regulation. If the district court was authorized to impose a condition of community supervision that required a defendant to reimburse the county for payment of an attorney pro tem, its authority to do so must be found in a statute.
III.
The State makes two arguments that a condition to reimburse the county for the cost of the appointed prosecutor is authorized by statute. It relies first on subsection 11(a) of the community supervision law (Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12), which reads in part: “The judge may impose any reasonable condition that is designed to protect or restore the community ...” The argument is wrong because another, more specific, subsection governs the court’s authority to order payments as a condition of community supervision. Subsection 11(b) of article 42.12 reads in part:
A judge may not order a defendant to make any payments as a term or condition of community supervision except for fines, court costs, restitution to the victim, and other conditions related personally to the rehabilitation of the defendant or otherwise expressly authorized by law.
The specific statute controls over the general. Subsection 11(b) acts as a limitation on the conditions that are authorized by subsec[630]*630tion 11(a). See Martin v. State, 874 S.W.2d 674, 677 (Tex.Cr.App.1994). To be sustained, the condition of payment in this case must be brought within the terms of subsection 11(b).
The State’s argument that the condition is “a reasonable condition ... that is designed to restore the community” within the language of article 42.12, § 11(a), relies on a general law which does not “expressly authorize” a condition that a defendant pay reimbursement to a county for the cost of an appointed prosecutor.
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OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
WOMACK, Judge,
delivered the opinion of
the Court
in which MeCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and BAIRD, MEYERS, KELLER, PRICE and HOLLAND, Judges, joined.
At issue in this case is a court’s authority to impose a condition of community supervision that requires a probationer to reimburse the county for payments to the attorney pro tem who prosecuted. We hold that the legislature has not given the courts such authority-
I.
The appellant waived trial by jury and pleaded guilty to five indictments charging misapplication of fiduciary property. The court assessed punishment in each case at ten years’ confinement, suspended for ten years. As a condition of community supervision1 in one case, the court required the appellant to pay court costs that included $230,695.21 in reimbursement to the county for the cost of the attorney pro tem who was appointed to represent the State after the district attorney recused himself.2 This appeal is from the judgment in that case.
The Court of Appeals held that the trial court was not authorized to order the appellant to pay the costs of the prosecutor as a cost of court or to otherwise reimburse the county for those fees. Busby v. State, 951 S.W.2d 928, 931 (Tex.App. — Austin 1997). The Court of Appeals deleted the requirement that the appellant pay $230,695.21 in attorney fees. Id. at 932. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review of that decision.3
II.
We begin by pointing out that the district court had no inherent authority to impose the condition. Texas courts do not have inherent power to grant probation. Lee v. State, 516 S.W.2d 151, 152 (Tex.Cr.App.1974). There are two sources of judicial authority to grant probation, and both are subject to legislative regulation.
One source of judicial authority to grant probation is legislation enacted under Article IV, Section 11A of the Texas Constitution:
The Courts of the State of Texas having original jurisdiction of criminal actions shall have the power, after conviction, to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place the defendant upon probation and to reimpose such sentence, under such conditions as the Legislature may prescribe.
This section amended the article of the Constitution that defines the power of the executive. It has been called “a limited grant of clemency to the courts by the people.” State ex rel. Smith v. Blackwell, 500 S.W.2d 97, 101 (Tex.Cr.App.1973). It was not self-enacting, but required enabling legislation. State v. Klein, 154 Tex. Crim. 31, 34, 224 S.W.2d 250, 252 (1949). Section 11A was first given effect by enactment of the Adult Probation and Parole Law in 1947.4 Ibid. Section 1 of that statute, which allowed a court to grant pro[629]*629bation without the recommendation of a jury, is the ancestor of section 3 of the present community supervision statute, Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12. Article IV, Section 11A of the Constitution also authorizes the other statutory provisions that allow a court to grant community supervision, after conviction, without the recommendation of a jury.5
The other source of authority to grant probation is the general legislative power itself, which was created in Article III, § 1 of the Texas Constitution. McNew v. State, 608 S.W.2d 166, 176 (Tex.Cr.App.1980). The legislature may exercise its power to give the courts authority to suspend sentences, but the authority must not intrude on the executive’s power to pardon. Snodgrass v. State, 67 Tex.Crim. 615, 150 S.W. 162 (1912). We have held that two kinds of probation are based on the general legislative power. One was the “jury recommended community supervision” which is now authorized by section 4 of the community supervision statute (Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12). The present section 4 is the descendant of the Suspension of Sentence Act of 1913.6 That act was found to be within the legislature’s constitutional power to fix the punishment for crimes, and within the judiciary branch’s authority to assess punishment. Baker v. State, 70 Tex. Crim. 618, 158 S.W. 998 (1913).7
Another kind of community supervision that is authorized by the general legislative power is deferred adjudication.8 McNew v. State, 608 S.W.2d 166, 176 (Tex.Cr.App.1980). When a court grants deferred adjudication probation there has been no conviction. Price v. State, 866 S.W.2d 606, 611 (Tex.Cr.App.1993). Therefore the legislature and the judiciary do not infringe on the executive’s power to pardon after conviction.
Be it authorized by Article III, § 1 or by Article IV, § 11A, the granting of probation is completely subject to legislative regulation. If the district court was authorized to impose a condition of community supervision that required a defendant to reimburse the county for payment of an attorney pro tem, its authority to do so must be found in a statute.
III.
The State makes two arguments that a condition to reimburse the county for the cost of the appointed prosecutor is authorized by statute. It relies first on subsection 11(a) of the community supervision law (Code of Criminal Procedure article 42.12), which reads in part: “The judge may impose any reasonable condition that is designed to protect or restore the community ...” The argument is wrong because another, more specific, subsection governs the court’s authority to order payments as a condition of community supervision. Subsection 11(b) of article 42.12 reads in part:
A judge may not order a defendant to make any payments as a term or condition of community supervision except for fines, court costs, restitution to the victim, and other conditions related personally to the rehabilitation of the defendant or otherwise expressly authorized by law.
The specific statute controls over the general. Subsection 11(b) acts as a limitation on the conditions that are authorized by subsec[630]*630tion 11(a). See Martin v. State, 874 S.W.2d 674, 677 (Tex.Cr.App.1994). To be sustained, the condition of payment in this case must be brought within the terms of subsection 11(b).
The State’s argument that the condition is “a reasonable condition ... that is designed to restore the community” within the language of article 42.12, § 11(a), relies on a general law which does not “expressly authorize” a condition that a defendant pay reimbursement to a county for the cost of an appointed prosecutor. It cannot control over, and it does not come within, the “expressly authorized by law” provision of subsection 11(b) of the community supervision statute.
The State’s other argument is that the payment of an attorney pro tem is “court costs” within the terms of article 42.12, section 11(b). This conclusion is based on phrases in two other articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure. One article says the payment to an attorney appointed to represent an indigent person “may be included as costs of court.”9 Another says an attorney pro tem “shall receive compensation in the same amount and manner” as an attorney appointed to represent an indigent person.10 Therefore, concludes the State, the county’s payments to an attorney pro tem may be included as costs of court just as are payments to an appointed defense attorney.
We think the statutory premises do not support the conclusion of the State’s argument. On its face, Code of Criminal Procedure article 2.07(c) does not authorize inclusion of such payments in the costs of court. The only relevant language in article 2.07(c) is that an attorney pro tem “shall receive compensation in the same amount and manner” as an appointed defense attorney. We can only construe article 2.07(c) as incorporating the provisions of article 26.05 that govern the amount and manner of compensation; those provisions speak to the kinds of expenses and services of an appointed attorney, the methods of calculating the attorney’s fee, the form of schedules and reporting, the method of approval, and the source of funding.11 Article 26.05 also contains provisions for a county to recover payments from a defendant.12 Those provisions, which govern [631]*631costs of court and offset by the defendant, cannot be called amount and manner in which the attorney receives compensation.
Our conclusion is bolstered by subsection ll(a)(ll) of article 42.12, which specifically authorizes a condition that the defendant reimburse the county for compensation paid to appointed defense counsel.13 It was added to article 42.12 in 1987.14 The addition was unnecessary under the State’s reasoning, because article 26.05(c) specifically allows payments for appointed defense attorneys as to be included as costs of court, and article 42.12, subsection 11(a)(8) specifically allows a condition that probationers pay costs of court.15 Yet if we accept the State’s argument, we would have to hold that the same legislature that was careful enough to add two specific provisions for recovering compensation paid to appointed defense attorneys, did not bother to add any specific provision for recovering compensation paid to an attorney pro tem.
There is another reason why we think the statutes would be more specific if reimbursement for attorneys pro tem were authorized. The public policy of having the defendant bear the cost of the defense attorney is a familiar part of our legal system. A public policy of having defendants reimburse the state for the costs of the prosecuting attorney would be a novelty, one which we will not impute to the legislature on such tenuous statutory language as that which the State has presented.
We think that if the legislature were to enact a statute which authorizes courts to order probationers to pay for attorneys pro tem, it would do so more explicitly.
The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.
OVERSTREET, J., concurs in the result.
MANSFIELD, J., files a dissenting opinion.