By Thompson H.B. No. 2309
75R10735 DRH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees charged 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 ....................... $15.00
1-10 (B) Small claims court .................. $10.00
1-11 (2) Services rendered after judgment (Sec. 118.123):
1-12 (A) Transcript .......................... $10.00
1-13 (B) Abstract of judgment ................. $5.00
1-14 (C) Execution, order of sale, writ of
1-15 restitution, or other writ or
1-16 process ..................... $5.00 per page
1-17 Certified copy of court
1-18 papers ................ $2.00 for first page
1-19 $0.25 for each additional page
1-20 Issuing other document (no return
1-21 required) ............. $1.00 for first page
1-22 $0.25 for each additional page [copy charge]
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 118.123(e), Local Government Code, is
1-24 amended to read as follows:
2-1 (e) The fee for "Issuing other document (no return
2-2 required)" under Section 118.121(2) is for issuing a certificate,
2-3 [certified copy,] notice, statement, or any other document, except
2-4 for a certified copy of court papers, that a justice of the peace
2-5 is authorized or required to issue on which a return is not to be
2-6 recorded. [The fee for each page or part of a page may not exceed
2-7 the cost for copies designated by the State Purchasing and General
2-8 Services Commission under Section 552.261, Government Code.] The
2-9 fee must be paid at the time the order is placed.
2-10 SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 118, Local Government Code,
2-11 is amended by adding Section 118.1235 to read as follows:
2-12 Sec. 118.1235. FEE FOR CERTIFIED COPY. The fee for
2-13 "Certified copy of court papers" under Section 118.121(2) is for
2-14 issuing a certified copy of a paper filed in a justice court or a
2-15 small claims court. The fee must be paid at the time the order is
2-16 placed.
2-17 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-18 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.