SRC-JLB H.B. 1905 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1905
78R15004 YDB-DBy: Farrar (Gallegos)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/21/2003
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, district clerks collect a $5 fee for the records management and
preservation fund, among other civil filing fees.  H.B. 1905 increases the
records management and preservation fee from $5 to $10 and allocates $5 of
that amount to the district clerk records management and preservation fund
and $5 to the county records management and preservation fund.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 51.317, Government Code, by amending
Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e), as follows: 
 
(b)  Provides that these fees are for certain purposes, including $10,
rather than $5, for records management and preservation. 

(c)  Requires the district clerk, after collecting a fee under Subsection
(b)(4), to pay the fee to the county treasurer, or to an official who
discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county treasurer for
deposits in a certain manner. 

(d)  Authorizes a fee deposited in accordance with Subsection (c) to be
used only to provide funds for specific records management and
preservation, including for automation purposes, on approval by the
commissioners court of a budget as provided by Chapter 111, Local
Government Code. 
 
(e)  Requires an expenditure from a records management and preservation
fund to comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.