Issue Date: 2015-07-23
Revised Date: 2024-01-01

Legal Citations

Origin:

S.B. 1296 and H.B. 6, 84th Leg., R.S.

Purpose

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 2.5956% of total collections.

Appropriated only to the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office for grants to local governments for youth diversion services. 

Classification Group 01: General State Operating and Disbursing Funds [?]
Depository Interest Deposited to General Revenue Fund 0001.
Disposition of Balance Accumulative
Appropriation Technique General Appropriations Act

Administering Agencies

Financial Activity

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Note

Originally added in statute by S.B. 1419, 83rd Leg., R.S. but not exempted in the funds consolidation bill and not created. Re-created by S.B. 1296 and H.B. 6, 84th Leg., R.S.

Effective 01/01/2020, S.B. 346, 86th Leg., R.S. added percentage of court costs under Local Government Code sec. 133.102. S.B. 346 removed the $2 (Gov. Code 103.021(26)) court cost deposit.

Name changed from Truancy Prevention and Diversion by H.B. 3186, 88th Leg., R.S. Effective January 1, 2024.

USAS Values

USAS Title GR ACCT-YOUTH DIVERSION
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.