TO: | Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB494 by Jones, Jesse (Relating to security fees in certain civil and criminal cases.), As Engrossed |
The bill would authorize commissioners courts to increase from a limit of $5 to a limit of $10 the additional filing fee that may be imposed at the time of filing each civil case in county-level and district courts. The bill would increase from $5 to $10 the fee imposed on defendants convicted of a felony offense in district courts, and from $3 to $10 the fee imposed on defendants convicted of a misdemeanor in county-level and district court. These are security fees deposited into the Courthouse Security Fund.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2003 and would apply only to civil cases filed on or after that date and to criminal cases for offenses committed on or after that date.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JK, GO, DLBa
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