Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 26.056. Contribution From State In Certain Counties

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Art. 26.056. CONTRIBUTION FROM STATE IN CERTAIN 
COUNTIES.  Sec. 1. A county in which a state training school for 
delinquent children is located shall pay from its general fund the 
first $250 of fees awarded for court-appointed counsel under 
Article 26.05 toward defending a child committed to the school from 
another county who is being prosecuted for a felony or misdemeanor 
in the county where the training school is located.
	Sec. 2. If the fees awarded for counsel compensation are in 
excess of $250, the court shall certify the amount in excess of $250 
to the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.  The 
Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the court-appointed counsel in 
the amount certified to the comptroller by the court.

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 733, ch. 307, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1967.  
Renumbered from art. 26.05-1 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 
5.02(2), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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