Issue Date: 1997-09-01
Revised Date: 2019-12-10

Legal Citations

Origin:

September 1, 1997 by H.B. 2272, 75th Leg., R.S.

Purpose

Created in General Revenue to receive court costs 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 persons convicted of a nonjailable misdemeanor pay $62. This account receives 0.8540% of total collections. Used only for establishing and operating the Center for the Study and Prevention of Juvenile Crime and Delinquency at Prairie View A&M University.

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

Financial Activity

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Note

Creation of the account was finally authorized by H.B. 2948, 75th Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 1421, 77th 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 1.2090% to 0.8540%.

USAS Values

USAS Title GR ACCT-CTR STUDY/PREV JUV CRIME & DELIN
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.