Bill Text: TX HB2502 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the fees collected by district court clerks on the filing of certain civil actions or proceedings to fund basic civil legal services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB2502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2502-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson | H.B. No. 2502 | |
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| relating to the fees collected by district court clerks on the | ||
| filing of certain civil actions or proceedings to fund basic civil | ||
| legal services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 133.152(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) In addition to other fees collected under Section | ||
| 133.151(a) or otherwise authorized or required by law, the clerk of | ||
| a district court shall collect the following fees on the filing of | ||
| any civil action or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an | ||
| appeal, and on the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, | ||
| intervention, interpleader, or third-party action requiring a | ||
| filing fee: | ||
| (1) $15 [ |
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| defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code; and | ||
| (2) $20 [ |
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| by Subdivision (1). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 101.0615, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.0615. DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS: LOCAL | ||
| GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect fees | ||
| and costs under the Local Government Code as follows: | ||
| (1) additional filing fees: | ||
| (A) for each civil suit filed, for court-related | ||
| purposes for the support of the judiciary and for civil legal | ||
| services to an indigent: | ||
| (i) for family law cases and proceedings as | ||
| defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code (Sec. 133.151, Local | ||
| Government Code) . . . $45; or | ||
| (ii) for any case other than a case | ||
| described by Subparagraph (i) (Sec. 133.151, Local Government Code) | ||
| . . . $50; and | ||
| (B) on the filing of any civil action or | ||
| proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an appeal, and on the | ||
| filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, intervention, | ||
| interpleader, or third-party action requiring a filing fee, to fund | ||
| civil legal services for the indigent: | ||
| (i) for family law cases and proceedings as | ||
| defined by Section 25.0002, Government Code (Sec. 133.152, Local | ||
| Government Code) . . . $15 [ |
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| (ii) for any case other than a case | ||
| described by Subparagraph (i) (Sec. 133.152, Local Government Code) | ||
| . . . $20 [ |
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| (2) additional filing fee to fund the courthouse | ||
| security fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court | ||
| (Sec. 291.008, Local Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5; | ||
| (3) additional filing fee for filing documents not | ||
| subject to certain filing fees to fund the courthouse security | ||
| fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. | ||
| 291.008, Local Government Code) . . . $1; | ||
| (4) additional filing fee to fund the courthouse | ||
| security fund in Webb County, if authorized by the county | ||
| commissioners court (Sec. 291.009, Local Government Code) . . . not | ||
| to exceed $20; | ||
| (5) court cost in civil cases other than suits for | ||
| delinquent taxes to fund the county law library fund, if authorized | ||
| by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local Government | ||
| Code) . . . not to exceed $35; and | ||
| (6) on the filing of a civil suit, an additional filing | ||
| fee to be used for court-related purposes for the support of the | ||
| judiciary (Sec. 133.154, Local Government Code) . . . $42. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Section 51.607, Government Code, does not | ||
| apply to the imposition or change in the amount of a fee imposed | ||
| under Section 133.152(a), Local Government Code, as amended by this | ||
| Act, or under Section 101.0615, Government Code, as amended by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a | ||
| civil action or proceeding filed in a district court on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A civil action or proceeding filed | ||
| before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
| action or proceeding was filed, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
