Bill Text: TX HB301 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fees collected by a justice court; increasing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB301 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB301-Introduced.html
86R2817 YDB-F | ||
By: Murr | H.B. No. 301 |
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relating to fees collected by a justice court; increasing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 118.121, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 118.121. FEE SCHEDULE. A justice of the peace shall | ||
collect the following fees for services rendered to any person: | ||
(1) Services rendered before judgment (Sec. 118.122) | ||
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(2) Services rendered after judgment (Sec. 118.123): | ||
(A) Transcript$10.00 | ||
(B) Abstract of judgment$5.00 | ||
(C) Execution, order of sale, writ of | ||
restitution, or other writ or process$5.00 per page | ||
Certified copy of court papers$2.00 for | ||
first page | ||
$0.25 for each additional page | ||
Issuing other document | ||
(no return required)$1.00 for | ||
first page | ||
$0.25 for each additional page | ||
SECTION 2. Section 118.122(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fee for "Services rendered before judgment" under | ||
Section 118.121(1) is for all required filings of documents, | ||
including the filing of a counterclaim, and all other processes and | ||
procedures in a civil matter in a justice court [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 118.123(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fee for "Services rendered after judgment" under | ||
Section 118.121(2) applies to a civil matter in a justice court [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 118.1235, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 118.1235. FEE FOR CERTIFIED COPY. The fee for | ||
"Certified copy of court papers" under Section 118.121(2) is for | ||
issuing a certified copy of a paper filed in a justice court [ |
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placed. | ||
SECTION 5. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 101, | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER H. JUSTICE COURTS [ |
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SECTION 6. The heading to Section 101.141, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.141. JUSTICE COURT [ |
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AND COSTS COLLECTED BY CLERK. | ||
SECTION 7. The heading to Section 101.151, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.151. JUSTICE COURT [ |
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COLLECTED BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 101.151(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A justice of the peace shall collect the following fees | ||
under the Local Government Code: | ||
(1) services rendered before judgment (Secs. 118.121 | ||
and 118.122, Local Government Code) [ |
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(2) services rendered after judgment (Secs. 118.121 | ||
and 118.123, Local Government Code): | ||
(A) transcript (Sec. 118.121, Local Government | ||
Code) . . . $10; | ||
(B) abstract of judgment (Sec. 118.121, Local | ||
Government Code) . . . $5; | ||
(C) execution, order of sale, writ of | ||
restitution, or other writ or process (Sec. 118.121, Local | ||
Government Code) . . . $5 per page; | ||
(D) certified copy of court papers (Secs. 118.121 | ||
and 118.1235, Local Government Code) . . . $2 for first page; $0.25 | ||
for each additional page; and | ||
(E) issuing other document (no return required) | ||
(Sec. 118.121, Local Government Code) . . . $1 for first page; | ||
$0.25 for each additional page. | ||
SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a cause of action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A cause of action filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |