Amend SB 1259 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 22.2081 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.2081.  APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a)  The 
commissioners court of each county in the Seventh Court of Appeals 
District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish an 
appellate judicial system to:
		(1)  assist the court of appeals for the county in the 
disposition of appeals filed with the court of appeals from the 
county courts, statutory county courts, probate courts, and 
district courts; and
		(2)  defray costs and expenses incurred by the county 
under Section 22.208.
	(b)  To fund the system, the commissioners court shall set a 
court costs fee of $5 for each civil suit filed in a county court, 
statutory county court, probate court, or district court in the 
county.
	(c)  The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the 
county or to a suit for delinquent taxes.
	(d)  The court costs fee shall be taxed, collected, and paid 
as other court costs in a suit.  The clerk of the court shall collect 
the court costs fee set under this section and pay it to the county 
officer who performs the county treasurer's functions.  That 
officer shall deposit the fee in a separate appellate judicial 
system fund for the court of appeals district.  The fund may not be 
used for any other purpose.  The chief justice of the court of 
appeals has sole discretion as to the use of the fund.
	(e)  The commissioners court shall monthly order the funds 
collected under this section to be forwarded to the court of appeals 
for expenditures by the court of appeals for its appellate judicial 
system.
	(f)  The commissioners court shall vest management of the 
system in the chief justice of the court of appeals.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 101.06115 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.06115.  ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES:  GOVERNMENT 
CODE.  The clerk of a district court in the Seventh Court of Appeals 
District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing fee of 
$5 under Section 22.2081, Government Code.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 101.08114 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.08114.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES:  
GOVERNMENT CODE.  The clerk of a statutory county court in the 
Seventh Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate 
judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government 
Code.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 101.10114 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.10114.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES:  
GOVERNMENT CODE.  The clerk of a statutory probate court in the 
Seventh Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate 
judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government 
Code.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter G, Chapter 101, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 101.12123 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.12123.  ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES:  GOVERNMENT 
CODE.  The clerk of a county court in a county in the Seventh Court 
of Appeals District shall collect an appellate judicial system 
filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government Code.