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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the district court records archive fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.305(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a district |
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court records archive fee of not more than $5 for the filing of a |
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suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a |
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cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion |
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for new trial, or third-party petition, in any [a] [district] court |
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where the district clerk accepts a filing in the county as part of |
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the county's annual budget. The fee must be set and itemized in the |
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county's budget as part of the budget preparation process and must |
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be approved in a public meeting. The fee is for preservation and |
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restoration services performed in connection with maintaining a |
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district court records archive. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |