Texas Statutes
§ 51.608 — IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
Texas § 51.608
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Bluebook
Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 51.608 (2026).
Text
Sec. 51.608. 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.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (S.B. 389 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Nearby Sections
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§ 51.002
CLERK PRO TEMPORE; DEPUTY CLERK.§ 51.003
REMOVAL OF CLERK.§ 51.004
DUTIES.§ 51.0045
ELECTRONIC OR MICROFILM STORAGE.§ 51.005
FEES AND COSTS.§ 51.0051
ADDITIONAL FEES.§ 51.007
VACANCY DURING VACATION.§ 51.101
OATH; BOND.§ 51.102
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REMOVAL OF CLERK.§ 51.104
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