By Alexander H.B. No. 721
75R2350 CAG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain fees collected by a justice of the peace.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 118.121, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 118.121. FEE SCHEDULE. A justice of the peace shall
1-7 collect the following fees for services rendered to any person:
1-8 (1) Services rendered before judgment (Sec. 118.122):
1-9 (A) Justice court.................$40.00 [15.00]
1-10 (B) Small claims court............$20.00 [10.00]
1-11 (2) Services rendered after judgment (Sec. 118.123):
1-12 (A) Transcript....................$15.00 [10.00]
1-13 (B) Abstract of judgment...........$10.00 [5.00]
1-14 (C) Execution, order of sale, writ of
1-15 restitution, or other writ or process................$5.00 per page
1-16 (D) Issuing other document (no return
1-17 required)...............................................copy charge
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and the
1-19 change in law made by this Act applies only to a civil case, or an
1-20 ancillary proceeding to a civil case, filed in a justice court on
1-21 or after the effective date of this Act.
1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.