(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.