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Senate Bill 1208 |
Senate Author: Seliger |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Smithee |
Senate Bill 1208 amends the Government Code to require the commissioners court of each county in the Seventh Court of Appeals District to establish an appellate judicial system to assist the court of appeals for each county in the district in the disposition of appeals from the county courts, statutory county courts, probate courts, and district courts, and to defray costs and expenses incurred by the county. To fund the system, each county commissioners court must set a court costs fee of $5 for each civil suit filed in a county court, statutory county court, probate court, or district court in the county, except for a suit filed by the county or a suit for delinquent taxes. The bill provides for the taxation, collection, and payment of the fee, the deposit of the fee in a separate appellate judicial system fund, and the disbursement and authorized uses of the fee.