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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain |
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electronic certified copies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The fees are: |
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(1) for issuing a subpoena, including one copy$8 |
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(2) for issuing a citation, commission for deposition, |
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writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of |
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sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment, |
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or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any |
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other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one |
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copy if required by law$8 |
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(3) for searching files or records to locate a cause |
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when the docket number is not provided$5 |
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(4) for searching files or records to ascertain the |
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existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's |
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office$5 |
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(5) for abstracting a judgment$8 |
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(6) for approving a bond$4 |
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(7) for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order, |
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pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's |
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office, including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a |
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page$1 |
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(8) for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of a |
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page not to exceed $1 |
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(9) notwithstanding Section 51.3195, for an |
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electronic certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, |
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or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's office, |
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including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a |
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pagenot to exceed $1. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 101.06118 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.06118. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT |
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CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect for an electronic |
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certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on |
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file or of record in the district clerk's office, including |
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certificate and seal, a fee not to exceed $1 for each page or part of |
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a page under Section 51.318, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a request for an electronic certified |
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copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on file or of |
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record in the district clerk's office, including certificate and |
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seal, made on or after the effective date of this Act. A request |
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made before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in |
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effect when the request was made, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |