78R11386 QS-D
By: McCall, Paxton, Madden H.B. No. 326
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed
of Collin County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 24, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 24.560 and 24.561 to read as follows:
Sec. 24.560. 416TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). The
416th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
Sec. 24.561. 417TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). (a)
The 417th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
(b) The 417th District Court shall give preference to
juvenile matters.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.607 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.607. ADDITIONAL FILING FEE FOR COLLIN COUNTY
DISTRICT COURTS. (a) In addition to all other fees authorized or
required by other law, the clerk of a Collin 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 Collin County shall, using the money in the
special account, pay the judges of the 416th and 417th judicial
districts an annual salary in an amount equal to the total salary
that would otherwise be paid to those judges under Section 659.012.
The commissioners court may use any remaining money in the special
account to pay additional compensation to those judges and the
operating expenses of the 416th and 417th judicial districts.
(e) This section applies only to filing fees for a 12-month
period beginning January 1, if the commissioners court:
(1) adopts a resolution authorizing a fee of $35; and
(2) files the resolution with the county treasurer not
later than December 1 immediately preceding the first 12-month
period during which the fees are to be collected.
(f) A resolution adopted under Subsection (e) continues
from year to year through December 31, 2013, allowing the county to
collect fees under the terms of this section until the resolution is
rescinded. The commissioners court may not rescind a resolution
adopted under Subsection (e) to be effective before the 12-month
period beginning January 1, 2009.
(g) The commissioners court may rescind a resolution
adopted under Subsection (e) by adopting a resolution rescinding
the resolution and submitting the recision resolution to the county
treasurer not later than December 1 preceding the next 12-month
period during which the fees are to be collected. The commissioners
court may adopt an additional resolution in the manner provided by
Subsection (e) after rescinding a previous resolution adopted under
that subsection.
(h) A filing fee established under a particular resolution
is abolished on the earlier of:
(1) the date a resolution adopted under Subsection (e)
is rescinded as provided by Subsection (g); or
(2) January 1, 2014.
(i) Subsection (d) expires on the date the filing fee is
abolished under Subsection (h).
SECTION 3. The 416th and 417th judicial districts are
created January 1, 2004, and this Act takes effect January 1, 2004.