Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 151.009 — FEES AND COSTS

CP § 151.009Title 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION · Ch. 151. TRIAL BY SPECIAL JUDGE

(a)The parties, in equal shares, shall pay:

(1)the special judge's fee; and

(2)all administrative costs, including the court reporter's fee, related to the trial.

(b)A cost for a witness called by a party or any other cost related only to a single party's case shall be paid by the party who incurred the cost.

(c)The state or a unit of local government may not pay any costs related to a trial under this chapter.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.