Bill Text: TX SB1267 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to applications for appeal filed with an appellate court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [SB1267 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1267-Engrossed.html
By: Uresti | S.B. No. 1267 |
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relating to applications for appeal filed with an appellate court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 51.005, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The fees are: | ||
(1) application for petition for review [ |
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(2) additional fee if application for petition for | ||
review [ |
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(3) motion for leave to file petition for writ of | ||
mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other similar proceedings | ||
originating in the supreme court$ 50 | ||
(4) additional fee if a motion under Subdivision (3) | ||
is granted$ 75 | ||
(5) certified question from a federal court of appeals | ||
to the supreme court$ 75 | ||
(6) case appealed to the supreme court from the | ||
district court by direct appeal$100 | ||
(7) any other proceeding filed in the supreme | ||
court$ 75. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 51.207, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The clerk of a court of appeals shall collect the fees | ||
described in Subsection (b) in a civil case before the court for the | ||
following services: | ||
(1) filing records, applications, motions, briefs, | ||
and other necessary and proper papers; | ||
(2) docketing and making docket and minute book | ||
entries; | ||
(3) issuing notices, citations, processes, and | ||
mandates; | ||
(4) preparing transcripts on application for petition | ||
for review [ |
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(5) performing other necessary clerical duties. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 101.021, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 101.021. SUPREME COURT FEES AND COSTS: GOVERNMENT | ||
CODE. The clerk of the supreme court shall collect fees and costs | ||
as follows: | ||
(1) application for petition for review [ |
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(2) additional fee if application for petition for | ||
review [ |
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. . . $75; | ||
(3) motion for leave to file petition for writ of | ||
mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other similar proceedings | ||
originating in the supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) | ||
. . . $50; | ||
(4) additional fee if a motion under Subdivision (3) | ||
is granted (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75; | ||
(5) certified question from a federal court of appeals | ||
to the supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75; | ||
(6) case appealed to the supreme court from the | ||
district court by direct appeal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) | ||
. . . $100; | ||
(7) any other proceeding filed in the supreme court | ||
(Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75; | ||
(8) administering an oath and giving a sealed | ||
certificate of the oath (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5; | ||
(9) making certain copies, including certificate and | ||
seal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5, or $0.50 per page if | ||
more than 10 pages; | ||
(10) any official service performed by the clerk for | ||
which a fee is not otherwise provided (Sec. 51.005, Government | ||
Code) . . . reasonable amount set by order or rule of supreme court; | ||
(10-a) supreme court support account filing fee (Sec. | ||
51.0051, Government Code) . . . amount set by the supreme court, | ||
not to exceed $50; | ||
(11) issuance of attorney's license or certificate | ||
(Sec. 51.006, Government Code) . . . $10; and | ||
(12) additional filing fee to fund civil legal | ||
services for the indigent (Sec. 51.941, Government Code) . . . $25. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |