Sec. 542.403. COURT COSTS. (a) In addition to other costs, a person convicted of a misdemeanor under this subtitle shall pay $3 as a cost of court.
(b) The officer who collects a cost under this section shall:
(1) deposit in the municipal treasury a cost collected in a municipal court case; and
(2) deposit in the county treasury a cost collected in a justice court case or in a county court case, including a case appealed from a justice or municipal court.
(c) In this section, "conviction" has the meaning assigned by Section 133.101, Local Government Code.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 77(a), eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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