80R2717 YDB-D
 
  By: Hartnett H.B. No. 367
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fees paid by a relator in certain proceedings
originating in a court of appeals.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 51.207(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       (b)  The fees are:
             (1)  for cases appealed to and filed in the court of
appeals from the district and county courts within its court of
appeals district $150; [$100]
             (2)  [motion] for petitions filed [leave to file  
petition] for  writ of  mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and
other similar proceedings originating in the court of
appeals  $225; and [$50]
             (3)  for any [additional fee if the motion under
Subdivision (2) is granted $75
             [(4)]  motion in an [to file or to extend time to file
record on] appeal from district or county court $25. [$10]
       SECTION 2.  Section 101.041, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 101.041.  COURT OF APPEALS FEES AND COSTS.  The clerk
of a court of appeals shall collect fees and costs as follows:
             (1)  for cases appealed to and filed in the court of
appeals from the district and county courts within its court of
appeals district (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $150 [$100];
             (2)  [motion] for petitions filed [leave to file
petition] for writ of mandamus, prohibition, injunction, and other
similar proceedings originating in the court of appeals (Sec.
51.207, Government Code) . . . $225 [$50];
             (3)  any [additional fee if the motion under
Subdivision (2) is granted (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . .
$75;
             [(4)]  motion in an [to file or to extend time to file
record on] appeal from district or county court (Sec. 51.207,
Government Code) . . . $25 [$10];
             (4) [(5)]  administering an oath and giving a sealed
certificate of oath (Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $5;
             (5) [(6)]  certified copy of papers of record in court
offices, including certificate and seal (Sec. 51.207, Government
Code) . . . $5, or $1 per page if more than five pages;
             (6) [(7)]  comparing any document with the original
filed in the offices of the court for purposes of certification
(Sec. 51.207, Government Code) . . . $5, or $1 per page if more than
five pages;
             (7) [(8)]  any official service performed by the clerk
for which a fee is not otherwise provided (Sec. 51.207, Government
Code) . . . a reasonable fee set by the order or rule of the supreme
court; and
             (8) [(9)]  additional filing fee to fund civil legal
services for the indigent (Sec. 51.941, Government Code) . . . $25.
       SECTION 3.  Section 51.207, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a fee collected for a proceeding
originating in a court of appeals on or after September 1, 2007. A
fee collected for a proceeding originating in a court of appeals
before September 1, 2007, is governed by the law in effect on the
date the motion for leave to file a petition for writ was filed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.