Bill Text: TX SB719 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fees charged by certain entities administering alternative dispute resolution systems for counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB719 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB719-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 719 |
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relating to fees charged by certain entities administering | ||
alternative dispute resolution systems for counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 152.006, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 152.006. FEE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION | ||
CENTERS. (a) An entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1) that | ||
provides services for the resolution of disputes in a county that | ||
borders the Gulf of Mexico with a population of 250,000 or more but | ||
less than 300,000 may collect a reasonable fee in any amount set by | ||
the commissioners court from a person who receives the services. | ||
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(b) An entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1) that | ||
provides services for the resolution of disputes in a county other | ||
than a county described by Subsection (a) may collect from a person | ||
who receives the services a reasonable fee in an amount set by the | ||
commissioners court not to exceed $25, except that a judge | ||
referring a case to the entity under Section 152.003 may, on motion | ||
of a party, order that the fee be waived. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a case referred to a county alternative dispute resolution | ||
system on or after the effective date of this Act. A case referred | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
applicable to the case immediately before that date, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |