78R2765 KLA-F

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 3167


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to filing fees for certain types of actions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.317, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (a) The district clerk shall collect at the time the suit or action is filed the fees provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (b-1) [of this section] for services performed by the clerk. (b) The fees are: (1) except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for filing a suit, including an appeal from an inferior court [and for filing a petition for preconviction writ of habeas corpus] $60 [$45] (2) for filing a cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion for new trial, or third-party petition $15 (3) for issuing a citation or other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one copy, when requested at the time a suit or action is filed $8 (4) for the records management and preservation fund $5. (b-1) The fees for filing a suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, are: (1) $75, for a suit with at least 11 but not more than 25 plaintiffs; (2) $100, for a suit with at least 26 but not more than 100 plaintiffs; (3) $125, for a suit with at least 101 but not more than 500 plaintiffs; (4) $150, for a suit with at least 501 but not more than 1,000 plaintiffs; and (5) $175, for a suit with more than 1,000 plaintiffs. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003. Section 51.317(b), Government Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 51.317(b-1), Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a fee that becomes due on or after September 1, 2003.