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Senate Bill 1685 |
Senate Author: Hinojosa |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Gonzales |
Senate Bill 1685 amends the Government Code to authorize the commissioners court of a county to adopt a district court records archive fee of not more than $5 for the filing of a suit, except for a filing by a state agency, in a district court in the county. The bill requires the county treasurer or other appropriate official to establish a district court records technology fund, provides for the collection and deposit of the fee into the fund, and requires the fee to be set and itemized in the county budget and to be approved in a public meeting. The bill limits the use of money generated from the fee to the preservation and restoration of a district court records archive. The bill requires the district clerk to designate the court documents that are part of the records archive and provides for the use of the money remaining after completion of a records preservation and restoration project and for the termination of the records archive fee after the project is complete.