2005S0483-1  03/08/05


By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 1492


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the fee for the issuance of an attorney's license or 
certificate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.006, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 51.006.  FEE FOR ATTORNEY'S LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE.   
The clerk shall collect a fee of $150 [$10] for the issuance of an 
attorney's license or certificate affixed with a seal.  The fee 
shall be held by the clerk and expended by the supreme court or 
under the direction of the court for the preparation and issuance, 
including mailing, of the license or certificate.
	SECTION 2.  Section 101.021, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 101.021.  SUPREME COURT FEES AND COSTS.   The clerk of 
the supreme court shall collect fees and costs as follows:
		(1)  application for writ of error (Sec. 51.005, 
Government Code) . . . $50;
		(2)  additional fee if application for writ of error is 
granted (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
		(3)  motion for leave to file petition for writ of 
mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other similar proceedings 
originating in the supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government 
Code) . . . $50;
		(4)  additional fee if a motion under Subdivision (3) 
is granted (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
		(5)  certified question from a court of appeals to the 
supreme court (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
		(6)  case appealed to the supreme court from the 
district court by direct appeal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . 
$100;
		(7)  any other proceeding filed in the supreme court 
(Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $75;
		(8)  administering an oath and giving a sealed 
certificate of the oath (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5;
		(9)  making certain copies, including certificate and 
seal (Sec. 51.005, Government Code) . . . $5, or $0.50 per page if 
more than 10 pages;
		(10)  any official service performed by the clerk for 
which a fee is not otherwise provided (Sec. 51.005, Government 
Code) . . . reasonable amount set by order or rule of supreme 
court;
		(11) issuance of attorney's license or certificate 
(Sec. 51.006, Government Code) . . . $150 [$10];  and
		(12)  additional filing fee to fund civil legal 
services for the indigent (Sec. 51.941, Government Code) . . . $25.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a fee for the issuance of an attorney's license or certificate 
charged on or after the effective date of this Act.  A fee for the 
issuance of an attorney's license or certificate charged before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed 
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.