By: Leedom S.B. No. 282
73R3538 SMH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fees for services rendered by justices of the
1-3 peace.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 118.121, Local Government Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 118.121. FEE SCHEDULE. A justice of the peace shall
1-8 collect the following fees for services rendered to any person:
1-9 (1) Services rendered before judgment (Sec. 118.122):
1-10 (A) Justice court .............. $20.00 <$15.00>
1-11 (B) Small claims court ......... $15.00 <$10.00>
1-12 (2) Services rendered after judgment (Sec. 118.123):
1-13 (A) Transcript .......................... $10.00
1-14 (B) Abstract of judgment ................. $5.00
1-15 (C) Execution, order of sale, writ of
1-16 restitution, or other writ or
1-17 process ................... $5.00 per page
1-18 Issuing other document (no return
1-19 required) .................... copy charge
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
1-21 applies only to fees that become payable on or after that date. A
1-22 fee that became payable before the effective date of this Act is
1-23 governed by the law in effect when the fee became payable, and that
1-24 law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.