Issue Date:
Revised Date: 2014-01-01

Legal Citations

Origin:

1977 by H.B. 451, 65th Leg.

Purpose

To receive court costs collected from defendants convicted under certain sections of the Penal Code. Defendants convicted of a felony pay $133, convicted of a Class A or B misdemeanor pay $83 and convicted of a nonjailable misdemeanor pay $40. This account receives 5.0034%.
Classification Group 01: General State Operating and Disbursing Funds [?]
Depository Interest Credited to General Revenue Fund (0001)
Disposition of Balance Accumulative
Appropriation Technique General Appropriations Act

Financial Activity

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Note

Exempt from loss of dedication (§ 403.094, Government Code) by H.B. 3050, 74th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 2272, 75th Leg., R.S. H.B. 2424, 78th Leg., R.S. recodified art. 102.075, Code of Criminal Procedure.

H.B. 3389, 81st Leg., R.S., removed the provision requiring that at the end of each state fiscal year, other than money appropriated to the commission, remaining money in the account shall be transferred into the state General Revenue Fund (0001).

S.B. 686, 83rd Leg., R.S. changed agency name from Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, effective 1/1/2014.

USAS Values

USAS Title GR ACCT-TX COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
Consolidated Fund 0001
State Fund Group 01 - GENERAL STATE OPERATING & DISBURSING FDS
USAS Status A
Used to make general expenditures for the daily operations of state government.