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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODETitle 4 - FINANCESSubtitle B - COUNTY FINANCESChapter 117 - DEPOSITORIES FOR CERTAIN TRUST FUNDS AND COURT REGISTRY FUNDS
Subchapter C - DEPOSITORY ACCOUNTS
Section 117.055 - County Expenses Paid From Fees

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 117.055

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 117.055 - County Expenses Paid From Fees
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), to compensate the county for the accounting and administrative expenses incurred in handling the registry funds that have not earned interest, including funds in a special or separate account, the clerk shall, at the time of withdrawal, deduct from the amount of the withdrawal a fee in an amount equal to five percent of the withdrawal but that may not exceed $50. Withdrawal of funds generated from a case arising under the Family Code is exempt from the fee deduction provided by this section.
(a-1) A clerk may not deduct a fee under Subsection (a) from a withdrawal of funds generated by the collection of a cash bond or cash bail bond if in the case for which the bond was taken:
(1) the defendant was found not guilty after a trial or appeal; or
(2) the complaint, information, or indictment was dismissed without a plea of guilty or nolo contendere being entered.
(a-2) On the request of a person to whom withdrawn funds generated by the collection of a cash bond or cash bail bond were disbursed, the clerk shall refund to the person the amount of the fee deducted under Subsection (a) if:
(1) subsequent to the deduction, a court makes or enters an order or ruling in the case for which the bond was taken; and
(2) had the court made or entered the order or ruling before the withdrawal of funds occurred, the deduction under Subsection (a) would have been prohibited under Subsection (a-1).
(b) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 117.055

Amended by Acts 2021SP2, Texas Acts of the 87th Legislature - Second Special Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 19, eff. 12/2/2021.
Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 119, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.
Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 505, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/1997
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 16(a), eff. 8/28/1989
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.
See Acts 2021SP2, Texas Acts of the 87th Legislature - Second Special Session, ch. TBD, Sec. 23.