By:  Gallegos, Hinojosa, Lucio                                    S.B. No. 1731


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fees imposed by certain counties for the preservation, 
restoration, and management of certain county records.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (e), Section 118.011, Local 
Government Code, as added by Chapter 794, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The county clerk of a county [adjacent to an 
international boundary] shall, if the commissioners court of the 
county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect 
the following fee from any person:
	Records Archive Fee                                                            
	(Sec. 118.025)                     not more than $5                            
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 118.025, Local Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 118.025.  COUNTY CLERK'S RECORDS ARCHIVE [IN BORDER 
COUNTY].
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 118.025, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commissioners court of a county [that is adjacent to 
an international boundary] may adopt a records archive fee under 
Section 118.011(e) as part of the county's annual budget.  The fee 
must be set and itemized in the county's budget as part of the 
budget preparation process.  The fee for "Records Archive" under 
Section 118.011(e) is for the preservation and restoration services 
performed by the county clerk in connection with maintaining a 
county clerk's records archive.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.