S.B. No. 605
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
  Eighth Court of Appeals District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 22.2091 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.2091.  APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. (a)  The
  commissioners court of each county in the Eighth Court of Appeals
  District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish an
  appellate judicial system to assist the court of appeals for the
  county in the processing of appeals filed with the court of appeals
  from the county courts, statutory county courts, statutory probate
  courts, and district courts.
         (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, statutory probate court, or district court
  in the county.
         (c)  The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by any
  governmental entity 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 expenditure 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 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 101.06119 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.06119.  ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
  CODE. The clerk of a district court in the Eighth Court of Appeals
  District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing fee of
  $5 under Section 22.2091, Government Code.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 101.08116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.08116.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES:
  GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court in the
  Eighth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
  judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government
  Code.
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 101.10115 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.10115.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES:
  GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court in the
  Eighth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
  judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government
  Code.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter G, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 101.12125 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.12125.  ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
  CODE. The clerk of a county court in a county in the Eighth Court of
  Appeals District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing
  fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government Code.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 605 passed the Senate on
  March 17, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 605 passed the House on
  April 26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 41, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor