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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a supreme court judicial system to |
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support the operation of the Supreme Court of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.016. SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL SYSTEM. (a) The |
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comptroller shall establish a supreme court judicial system to: |
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(1) assist the supreme court in the processing of |
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original proceedings and petitions for review from the courts of |
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appeals; and |
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(2) defray other costs and expenses incurred in the |
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operation of the supreme court. |
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(b) To fund the system, the supreme court shall set a court |
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costs fee of not more than $50 for each civil suit filed in a court |
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of appeals or the supreme court. |
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(c) The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the |
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state or any county or to a suit for delinquent taxes. |
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(d) The court costs fee shall be taxed, collected, and paid |
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as other court costs in an appeal. The clerk of each court shall |
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collect the court costs fee set under this section and remit the fee |
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to the comptroller. The comptroller shall deposit the fee in a |
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separate supreme court judicial system fund. The chief justice of |
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the supreme court shall manage the fund for the purposes of the |
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judicial system created under this section. The fund may not be |
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used for any other purpose. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |