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