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78R5551 MI-F

By:  Ritter                                                       H.B. No. 1037



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a courthouse security fee collected in civil case 
filings.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 291.008(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commissioners court may set a fee not to exceed $10
[$5] to be collected at the time of filing in each civil case filed 
in a county court, county court at law, or district court which 
shall be taxed as other costs.  The county is not liable for the 
costs.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.