Bill Text: TX HB627 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain certified copies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB627 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB627-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain certified copies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB627 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB627-Introduced.html
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By: Woolley | H.B. No. 627 |
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relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain | ||
electronic certified copies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The fees are: | ||
(1) for issuing a subpoena, including one copy$8 | ||
(2) for issuing a citation, commission for deposition, | ||
writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of | ||
sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment, | ||
or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any | ||
other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one | ||
copy if required by law$8 | ||
(3) for searching files or records to locate a cause | ||
when the docket number is not provided$5 | ||
(4) for searching files or records to ascertain the | ||
existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's | ||
office$5 | ||
(5) for abstracting a judgment$8 | ||
(6) for approving a bond$4 | ||
(7) for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order, | ||
pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's | ||
office, including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a | ||
page$1 | ||
(8) for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of a | ||
page not to exceed $1 | ||
(9) notwithstanding Section 51.3195, for an | ||
electronic certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, | ||
or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's office, | ||
including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a | ||
pagenot to exceed $1. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 101.06118 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.06118. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT | ||
CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect for an electronic | ||
certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on | ||
file or of record in the district clerk's office, including | ||
certificate and seal, a fee not to exceed $1 for each page or part of | ||
a page under Section 51.318, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a request for an electronic certified | ||
copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on file or of | ||
record in the district clerk's office, including certificate and | ||
seal, made on or after the effective date of this Act. A request | ||
made before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in | ||
effect when the request was made, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |