Persons convicted of certain offenses under the Penal Code pay in addition to all other costs, court costs for special services as follows:

• A defendant convicted of a felony -- $185.
• A defendant convicted of a class A or B misdemeanor -- $147.
• Conviction of a nonjailable misdemeanor -- $62.

GR Account -- Fair Defense receives 17.8857% of total fees collected.

Upon conviction at the same time as other fines and court costs

Deposited by Comptroller when received from custodian of municipal or county treasury who is required to remit not later than the last day of the month following each calendar quarter.

Previously collected under 3713 Fee From Misdemeanor or Felony Cases (GR Account 5073). It was closed and moved under 3704 Court Cost.

$2 court cost added by H.B. 1267, 80th Leg., R.S.

S.B. 2053, 85th Leg., R.S. increased percentage from 8.0143% to 17.8448%.

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 17.8448% to 17.8857%. S.B. 346 repealed additional $2 court cost collected to fund indigent defense representation.

S.B. 41, 87th Leg., R.S. repealed Government Code Ch. 102, and index of existing court costs and fees.