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78R6541 KLA-D

By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 1046



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to court filing fees used to provide basic civil legal 
services to the indigent.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.941(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  In addition to other fees authorized or required by law, 
the clerk of each court shall collect the following fees on the 
filing of any civil action or proceeding requiring a filing fee, 
including an appeal, and on the filing of any counterclaim, 
cross-action, intervention, interpleader, or third-party action 
requiring a filing fee:
		(1)  supreme court and courts of appeals    $50 [$25];
		(2)  district courts, for other than divorce and other 
family law matters$20 [$10];
		(3)  district courts, divorce and other family law 
matters$10 [$5];
		(4)  statutory and constitutional county courts$10
[$5];
		(5)  justice of the peace courts             $4 [$2]. 
	SECTION 2.  Section 51.941(a), Government Code, as amended 
by this Act, applies only to an action or proceeding filed on or 
after the effective date of this Act.  An action or proceeding filed 
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 
effect on the date the action or proceeding was filed, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.