Enrolled Bill Summary

            Under current law a system exists to augment the budgets of statutory county courts through the collection of fees and costs and salary supplements to fund the work directed to them as a result of the backlog of cases in the district courts. Counties opt into the funding system by meeting certain conditions regarding court fees, costs, and salary levels.

            House Bill 2837 amends provisions of the Government Code relating to this funding system. It raises the additional filing fees and costs collected by county clerks from $30 to $40, raises the amount the comptroller credits to the judicial fund from $30 to $40 of each fee deposited for a case assigned to certain statutory county courts, and increases the state contribution to certain counties for judicial salaries.