83R2759 TJS-D
 
  By: Giddings H.B. No. 1239
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to fees charged by certain entities administering
  alternative dispute resolution systems for counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 152.006, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 152.006.  FEE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
  CENTERS. (a) An entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1) that
  provides services for the resolution of disputes in a county that
  borders the Gulf of Mexico with a population of 250,000 or more but
  less than 300,000 may collect a reasonable fee in any amount set by
  the commissioners court from a person who receives the services.
  [This section may not be construed to affect the collection of a fee
  by any other entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1).]
         (b)  An entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1) that
  provides services for the resolution of disputes in a county other
  than a county described by Subsection (a) may collect from a person
  who receives the services a reasonable fee in an amount set by the
  commissioners court not to exceed $25, except that a judge
  referring a case to the entity under Section 152.003 may, on motion
  of a party, order that the fee be waived.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a case referred to a county alternative dispute resolution
  system on or after the effective date of this Act. A case referred
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  applicable to the case immediately before that date, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.