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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 43. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT |
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Art. 43.091. WAIVER OF PAYMENT OF FINES AND COSTS FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS |
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A court may waive payment of a fine or cost imposed on a defendant who defaults in payment if the court determines that: (1) the defendant is indigent; and (2) each alternative method of discharging the fine or cost under Article 43.09 would impose an undue hardship on the defendant. |
| Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1111, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1263 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2007. |