Issue Date: 2019-12-09
Revised Date:

Legal Cites

Origin:

S.B. 346 and H.B. 3317, 86th Leg., R.S. Effective January 1, 2020.

Purpose

Created to receive court costs from defendants convicted under certain sections of the Penal Code. Defendants convicted of a felony pay $133, defendants convicted of a Class A or B misdemeanor pay $83 and defendants convicted of a nonjailable offense pay $40. This account receives 6.4090% of total collections.

May be appropriated only to provide juror reimbursements to counties.

Any unexpended balance in the fund exceeding $10 million, is transferred to GR Account 5073 - Fair Defense.

Classification Group 01: General State Operating and Disbursing Funds [?]
Depository Interest Deposited to General Revenue Fund 0001.
Disposition of Balance Accumulative. Amounts above $10 million transferred to GR Account 5073.
Appropriation Technique General Appropriations Act

Note

S.B. 1704, 79th Leg., R.S. added the Jury Service Fund, but the fund was not exempted by the funds consolidation bill (S.B. 1605), therefore the fund was not created.

Fund created effective 01/01/2020 by S.B. 346 and H.B. 3317, 86th Leg., R.S.

USAS Values

USAS Title JURY SERVICE FUND
Consolidated Fund
State Fund Group 01 - GENERAL STATE OPERATING & DISBURSING FDS
USAS Status A
Used to make general expenditures for the daily operations of state government.