Issue Date: 1987-09-01
Revised Date: 2022-03-16

Legal Cites

Origin:

1987 by S.B. 800, 70th Leg., R.S.

Purpose

To receive court costs collected from defendants convicted under certain sections of the penal code. Defendants convicted of a felony pay $185, defendants convicted of a Class A or B misdemeanor pay $147 and defendants convicted of a nonjailable misdemeanor pay $62. This account receives 1.4741% of total collections. The account is used in operating and administering the Law Enforcement Management Institute; in studies of police administration, law enforcement management and advanced technical studies relating to law enforcement; and in payment of participation costs of resident students, including tuition, books, rooms, board and travel costs.

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

Administering Agencies

Note

Name changed (formerly Law Enforcement Management Institute Fund) and administration transferred from the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (407) to Sam Houston State University effective 9-1-93 per H.B. 977, 73rd Leg., R.S. Changed from fund to account by H.B. 977.

Exempt from loss of dedication (§ 403.094(h) Government Code) by S.B. 3, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S and reenaction by H.B. 977, 73rd Leg., R.S.

Court costs re-exempt 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.

Effective 01/01/2020, S.B. 346, 86th Leg., R.S. increased court costs for felonies from $133 to $185, Class A or B misdemeanor from $83 to $147 and nonjailable misdemeanors from $40 to $62. S.B. 346 changed percentage from 2.1683% to 1.4741%.

USAS Values

USAS Title GR ACCT-B BLACKWOOD LAW ENF MNG INST
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.