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House Bill 144 |
House Author: McClendon |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
House Bill 144 amends the Government Code to require the clerk of a district court, statutory probate court, or county court at law in Bexar County to collect an additional filing fee of not more than $15 in each civil case filed in the court to fund the construction, renovation, or improvement of the facilities that house the Bexar County civil and criminal courts. The additional fee does not apply to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for the adoption of a child or the termination of parental rights. The bill makes its provisions relating to the additional fee applicable only to the collection of fees for the 12-month period beginning October 1, and makes the collection of such fees contingent on the commissioners court's adoption and filing of a resolution authorizing the fee and a resolution requiring the county to match the construction, renovation, or improvement expenditures. The bill continues such a resolution from year to year until October 1, 2024, sets forth procedures for rescinding a resolution, and abolishes a fee established under a particular resolution on the earlier of the date the resolution is rescinded or October 1, 2024.