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Texas | Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 542.403(a)-(b) | Fines |
(a) In addition to other costs, the court shall order a person convicted of a misdemeanor under this subtitle to pay a fine of $3. (b) The officer who collects a fine under this section shall:
(1) deposit in the municipal treasury a fine collected in a municipal court case; and (2) deposit in the county treasury a fine collected in a justice court case or in a county court case, including a case appealed from a justice or municipal court. |
Municipality/municipal agency |
County |
Misdemeanor |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.014(f)-(h) | Fines for Child Safety Fund in Municipalities |
(f) In a municipality with a population greater than 850,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, the officer collecting a fine in a municipal court case shall deposit money collected under this article in the municipal child safety trust fund established as required by Chapter 106, Local Government Code.
(g) In a municipality with a population less than 850,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, the money collected under this article in a municipal court case must be used for a school crossing guard program if the municipality operates one. If the municipality does not operate a school crossing guard program or if the money received from fines from municipal court cases exceeds the amount necessary to fund the school crossing guard program, the municipality may: (1) deposit the additional money in an interest-bearing account; (2) expend the additional money for programs designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention; or (3) expend the additional money for programs designed to enhance public safety and security. (h) Money collected under this article in a justice, county, or district court shall be used to fund school crossing guard programs in the county where they are collected. If the county does not operate a school crossing guard program, the county may: (1) remit fine revenues to school districts in its jurisdiction for the purpose of providing school crossing guard services; (2) fund programs the county is authorized by law to provide which are designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention; (3) provide funding to the sheriff’s department for school-related activities; (4) provide funding to the county juvenile probation department; or (5) deposit the money in the general fund of the county. |
Municipality/municipal agency |
Local law enforcement; school districts; children; county programs; county general fund. |
Misdemeanor |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0169(b) | County and District Court Technology Fund |
(b) Money in the county and district court technology fund may be used only to finance: (1) the cost of continuing education and training for county court, statutory county court, or district court judges and clerks regarding technological enhancements for those courts; and
(2) the purchase and maintenance of technological enhancements for a county court, statutory county court, or district court, including: (A) computer systems; (B) computer networks; (C) computer hardware; (D) computer software; (E) imaging systems; (F) electronic kiosks; and (G) docket management systems. |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 42A.652(a) | Monthly fee for community supervision |
Except as otherwise provided by this article, a judge who grants community supervision to a defendant shall set a reimbursement fee of not less than $25 and not more than $60 to be paid each month during the period of community supervision by the defendant to: (1) the court of original jurisdiction; or (2) the court accepting jurisdiction of the defendant’s case, if jurisdiction is transferred under Article 42A.151.
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0178(g) | Costs Attendant to Certain Intoxication and Drug Convictions |
(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of the drug court account in the general revenue fund to help fund drug court programs established under Chapter 122, 123, 124, 125, or 129, Government Code, or former law. The legislature shall appropriate money from the account solely to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for distribution to drug court programs that apply for the money.
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0172(c) | Court Costs; Municipal Court Technology Fund |
(c) The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the municipal treasurer, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
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municipal court technology fund |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0173(c) | Court costs; justice court assistance and technology fund |
(c) The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the municipal treasurer, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0174(d) | Court Costs; Juvenile Case Manager Fund |
(f) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the costs and pay them to the county or municipal treasurer, as applicable, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county or municipal treasurer for deposit in the fund.
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Juvenile Case Manager Fund |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1204(a)(iv) | Program criteria |
(a) A teen court program may be established under this act in accordance with the following criteria: (iv) The teen defendant, as a condition of participation in the teen court program, may be required to pay a nonrefundable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00). Fees collected under this paragraph by a municipal court shall be credited to the treasury of the municipality. Fees collected under this paragraph by a circuit court shall be credited to the treasury of the county;
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-108 | Costs |
(a) Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may prescribe by ordinance such costs in all trials before municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient. However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00). All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city or town. By ordinance a city or town may prescribe:
(i) A court automation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance; (ii) An indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance. |
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