HBA-BSM H.B. 1935 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1935
By: Deshotel
Judicial Affairs
3/13/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Previous legislation replaced the scaled-fee schedule, used for the
collection of certain fees in the probate courts with a flat-fee schedule.
Although the new system has been efficient, it  has not been able to
generate the revenue the scaled-fee schedule achieved. Therefore, new
filing fees are needed to recoup money lost from the change in fee systems.
House Bill 1935 raises certain filing fees collected by a county clerk. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1935 amends the Local Government Code to require each clerk of a
county court to collect a $10.00 fee for filing a document not already
listed, and increase the issuing fee for an original document and one copy
from $4.00 to $8.00. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.