By:  King                                                         H.B. No. 31 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation, composition, and funding of the 415th 
Judicial District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 24.559 to read as follows:
	Sec. 24.559.  415TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PARKER COUNTY).  The 
415th Judicial District is composed of Parker County.
	SECTION 2.  Section 32.184(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The Commissioners Court of Parker County may budget for 
and pay the judges [judge] of the 43rd and 415th judicial districts
[Judicial District] an annual salary not to exceed $7,800 for 
performing judicial and administrative services.
	SECTION 3.  Section 43.125, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 43.125.  43RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  The voters of the 43rd 
Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents the 
state in all cases before the 43rd and 415th district courts.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.609 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.609.  ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR PARKER COUNTY 
DISTRICT COURTS.  (a)  In addition to all other fees authorized or 
required by other law, the clerk of a Parker County district court 
shall collect a filing fee of $35 in each case filed in the court.
	(b)  Court fees due under this section shall be collected in 
the same manner as other fees, fines, or costs are collected in the 
case.
	(c)  The clerk shall send the fees collected under this 
section to the county treasurer at least as frequently as monthly.  
The treasurer shall deposit the fees in a special account in the 
county treasury dedicated to the purposes provided by Subsection 
(d).
	(d)  Notwithstanding Sections 659.011 and 659.012, the 
Commissioners Court of Parker County shall, using the money in the 
special account, pay the judge of the 415th Judicial District an 
annual salary in an amount equal to the total salary that would 
otherwise be paid to that judge under Section 659.012.  The 
commissioners court may use any remaining money in the special 
account to pay additional compensation to the judges of the 43rd and 
415th judicial districts and the operating expenses of the 43rd and 
415th judicial districts.
	(e)  This section expires January 1, 2006.                              
	SECTION 5.  Section 152.1901(b), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The [district court] judge of the 43rd Judicial District 
is the chairman of the board.
	SECTION 6.  Section 10(c), S.B. No. 1551, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The 414th, [415th,] 419th, 420th, 421st, and 422nd 
judicial districts are created September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 7.  Section 11(c), S.B. No. 1551, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Sections 2, [3,] 6, 7, 8, and 9 of this Act take effect 
September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 8.  Section 3, S.B. No. 1551, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed.
	SECTION 9.  The 415th Judicial District is created and this 
Act takes effect January 1, 2004.