Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 42.151 — FEES FOR ABUSED CHILDREN'S COUNSELING

CR § 42.151Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

Statute text

If a court orders a defendant to pay a fee under Article 37.072 of this code, the court shall assess the fee against the defendant in the same manner as other costs of prosecution are assessed against a defendant. The court may direct a defendant:

(1)to pay the entire fee when sentence is pronounced;

(2)to pay the entire fee at some later date; or

(3)to pay a specified portion of the fee at designated intervals.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 360, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.