Article 102.015 - [Renumbered](a) The truancy prevention and diversion fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.(b) A person convicted in municipal or justice court of an offense, other than an offense relating to a pedestrian or the parking of a motor vehicle, shall pay as a court cost $2 in addition to other court costs.(c) For purposes of this article, a person is considered to have been convicted if: (1) a sentence is imposed; or(2) the defendant receives deferred disposition in the case.(d) Court costs under this article are collected in the same manner as other fines or costs. An officer collecting the costs shall keep separate records of the funds collected as costs under this article and shall deposit the funds in the county treasury or municipal treasury, as applicable.(e) The custodian of a county treasury or municipal treasury, as applicable, shall: (1) keep records of the amount of funds on deposit collected under this article; and(2) send to the comptroller before the last day of the first month following each calendar quarter the funds collected under this article during the preceding quarter, except that the custodian may retain 50 percent of funds collected under this article for the purpose of operating or establishing a juvenile case manager program, if the county or municipality has established or is attempting to establish a juvenile case manager program.(f) If no funds due as costs under this article are deposited in a county treasury or municipal treasury in a calendar quarter, the custodian of the treasury shall file the report required for the quarter in the regular manner and must state that no funds were collected.(g) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund to be known as the truancy prevention and diversion fund. The legislature may appropriate money from the account only to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for distribution to local governmental entities for truancy prevention and intervention services.(h) A local governmental entity may request funds from the criminal justice division of the governor's office for providing truancy prevention and intervention services. The division may award the requested funds based on the availability of appropriated funds and subject to the application procedure and eligibility requirements specified by division rule.(i) Funds collected under this article are subject to audit by the comptroller.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 102.015
Transferred to Local Government Code and amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1352,Sec. 1.06, eff. 1/1/2020.Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1213,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2013.