Tex. Family Code § 231.209
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 231.209, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 231.209. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES NOT AFFECTED BY THIS SUBCHAPTER.
Official statutory text
Without regard to this subchapter and specifically Section 231.205, the Title IV-D agency may pay the costs for:
(1) the services of an official court reporter for the preparation of statements of facts;
(2) the costs for the publication of citation served by publication; and
(3) mileage or other reasonable travel costs incurred by a sheriff or constable when traveling out of the county to execute an outstanding warrant or capias, to be reimbursed at a rate not to exceed the rate provided for mileage or other costs incurred by state employees in the General Appropriations Act.
(1) the services of an official court reporter for the preparation of statements of facts;
(2) the costs for the publication of citation served by publication; and
(3) mileage or other reasonable travel costs incurred by a sheriff or constable when traveling out of the county to execute an outstanding warrant or capias, to be reimbursed at a rate not to exceed the rate provided for mileage or other costs incurred by state employees in the General Appropriations Act.
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