Bill Text: TX HB3458 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain fees collected by a justice court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3458 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3458-Introduced.html
85R11079 CAE-F | ||
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3458 |
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relating to certain fees collected by a justice court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 101, | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER H. JUSTICE COURTS [ |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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) . . . $10 [ |
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(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 5. 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$10.00 [ |
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(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 6. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |