Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Comptroller of Public Accounts is authorized and/or required to pay court costs incurred by the State while prosecuting cases in Travis County courts even though the Governor, exercising his legislative function, has vetoed the court cost appropriation of the Attorney General’s Office for the current year.