Section 45A.157 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Failure To Appear For Jury Trial(a) A justice or municipal court may order a defendant who does not waive a jury trial in a justice or municipal court and who fails to appear for the trial to pay a reimbursement fee for the costs incurred for impaneling the jury.(b) The justice or municipal court for good cause may release a defendant from the obligation to pay the reimbursement fee under this article.(c) An order issued by a justice or municipal court under this article may be enforced by contempt as provided by Section 21.002(c), Government Code. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 45.026.)Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 45A.157
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.