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By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1424
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
April 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; April 14, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to filing fees in a civil matter in a justice court or
small claims court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 118.122, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 118.122. FEES BEFORE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT. (a) The fee
for "Services rendered before judgment" under Section 118.121(1) is
for all required filings of documents, including the filing of a
counterclaim, and all other processes and procedures in a civil
matter in a justice court or small claims court.
(b) The fee is paid by the plaintiff or the party initiating
the action, counterclaim, cross action, third party action, or
intervention at the time the applicable action or counterclaim is
initiated. The fee is paid only one time for each of those actions
or counterclaims.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
118.122, Local Government Code, applies only to a counterclaim
filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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