Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 436 amends the Local Government Code to establish a temporary fee for preserving and restoring existing county records. The act authorizes a county to impose a records archive fee for filing public documents beginning September 1, 1997, and ending September 1, 2004, and sets forth provisions relating to the collection and use of the fee. The fee would be placed in a separate account and utilized by the county clerk only to preserve and restore public records and archives until the completion of the restoration or the termination of the fee in seven years.