73R7914 RWS-D
By Tallas H.B. No. 2751
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2751:
By Longoria C.S.H.B. No. 2751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of certain documents by county clerks.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 118.014(a), Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The fees <fee> for "Certified Papers" under Section
1-7 118.011 are <is> for each <the> county clerk's certificate that
1-8 shall be placed on each page or part of a page, plus a fee for
1-9 copying each page or part of a page, of a <and for issuing each
1-10 certified copy,> notice, statement, license, or document that the
1-11 clerk is authorized or required to issue. The fees <fee> must be
1-12 paid <in cash> at the time the order is placed.
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 118.059, Local Government Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 118.059. Issuing Document <Requiring Return, No Pending
1-16 Action>. (a) The fee <fees> for "Issuing Document <Requiring a
1-17 Return, No Pending Action>" under Section 118.052(3) is <are> for
1-18 <services in connection with which no action is pending.>
1-19 <(b) The fee for> issuing an original document and one copy
1-20 and includes recording the return of the document.
1-21 (b) <(c)> The fee for issuing for the same action at the
1-22 same time more than one set of an original and one copy of the same
1-23 document includes recording the return of the document. The fee
2-1 must be paid at the time the order is placed.
2-2 (c) <(d)> In this section, "document" includes a citation,
2-3 notice, commission to take depositions, execution, order, writ,
2-4 process, or other instrument or paper authorized or required to be
2-5 issued by the clerk <and on which a return must be recorded>.
2-6 SECTION 3. Section 118.060(a), Local Government Code, is
2-7 amended to read as follows:
2-8 (a) The fees <fee> for "Certified Papers<, No Return
2-9 Required>" under Section 118.052(3) are <is> for each county <the>
2-10 clerk's certificate that shall be placed on each page or part of a
2-11 page, plus a fee for copying each page or part of a page, of a <and
2-12 for issuing a certificate, certified copy,> notice, statement,
2-13 transcript, or other document authorized or required to be issued
2-14 by the clerk <on which no return is to be recorded>.
2-15 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-16 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.