Bill Text: TX SB691 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the fees collected by justices of the peace on the filing of certain civil actions to fund a law library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB691 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB691-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 691 |
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relating to the fees collected by justices of the peace on the | ||
filing of certain civil actions to fund a law library. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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): | ||
(A) justice court (Sec. 118.121, Local | ||
Government Code) . . . $25; and | ||
(B) small claims court (Sec. 118.121, Local | ||
Government Code) . . . $25; [ |
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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; and | ||
(3) court cost in civil cases in which the amount in | ||
controversy exceeds $4,999 but does not exceed $10,000, other than | ||
suits for delinquent taxes, to fund the county law library fund, if | ||
authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 323.023, Local | ||
Government Code) . . . not to exceed $35. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 323.023(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A sum set by the commissioners court not to exceed $35 | ||
shall be taxed, collected, and paid as other costs in each civil | ||
case filed in a county or district court and in each civil case | ||
filed in a justice court in which the amount in controversy exceeds | ||
$4,999 but does not exceed $10,000 [ |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a civil action filed in a justice court on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A civil action filed before that date is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the action was filed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |