Text of article effective until January 01, 2025
Art. 45.203.  COLLECTION OF FINES AND COSTS.  (a)  The governing body of each municipality shall by ordinance prescribe rules, not inconsistent with any law of this state, as may be proper to enforce the collection of fines imposed by a municipal court.  In addition to any other method of enforcement, the municipality may enforce the collection of fines by:
(1) execution against the property of the defendant; or
(2) imprisonment of the defendant.
(b) The governing body of a municipality may adopt such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with any law of this state, concerning the practice and procedure in the municipal court as the governing body may consider proper.
(c)  The governing body of each municipality may prescribe by ordinance the collection, after due notice, of a fine not to exceed $25 for an offense under Section 38.10(e), Penal Code, or Section 543.009, Transportation Code.  Money collected from the fine shall be paid into the municipal treasury for the use and benefit of the municipality.
(d) Costs may not be imposed or collected in criminal cases in municipal court by municipal ordinance.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2140, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 124, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.26, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.06 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.23, eff. January 1, 2020.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.24, eff. January 1, 2020.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 3.001(6), eff. January 1, 2025.