Texas Family Code - Section 157.213. Community Supervision Fees

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§ 157.213. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FEES.  (a) The court may 
require the respondent to pay a fee to the court in an amount equal 
to that required of a criminal defendant subject to community 
supervision.
	(b)  The court may make payment of the fee a condition of 
granting or continuing community supervision.
	(c)  The court shall deposit the fees received under this 
subchapter as follows:
		(1)  if the community supervision officer is employed 
by a community supervision and corrections department, in the 
special fund of the county treasury provided by the Code of Criminal 
Procedure to be used for community supervision;  or
		(2)  if the community supervision officer is employed 
by a domestic relations office, in one of the following funds, as 
determined by the office's administering entity:
			(A)  the general fund for the county in which the 
domestic relations office is located;  or
			(B)  the office fund established by the 
administering entity for the domestic relations office.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 311, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.

Last modified: August 10, 2007