Sec. 151.009. FEES AND COSTS    


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  • (a) The parties, in equal shares, shall pay:

    (1) the special judge's fee; and

    (2) all administrative costs, including the court reporter's fee, related to the trial.

    (b) A cost for a witness called by a party or any other cost related only to a single party's case shall be paid by the party who incurred the cost.

    (c) The state or a unit of local government may not pay any costs related to a trial under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.