| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to increasing the electronic filing fee for certain courts |
|
|
of law. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Sections 51.851(b), Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
(b) In addition to other fees authorized or required by law, |
|
|
the clerk of the supreme court, a court of appeals, a district |
|
|
court, a county court, a statutory county court, or a statutory |
|
|
probate court shall collect a $30 [$20] fee on the filing of any |
|
|
civil action or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an |
|
|
appeal, and on the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, |
|
|
intervention, interpleader, or third-party action requiring a |
|
|
filing fee to be used as provided by Section 51.852. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 101.0211, Government Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.0211. ADDITIONAL SUPREME COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT |
|
|
CODE. The clerk of the supreme court shall collect a statewide |
|
|
electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] under Section |
|
|
51.851, Government Code. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Section 101.0411, Government Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.0411. ADDITIONAL COURT OF APPEALS FEES: GOVERNMENT |
|
|
CODE. The clerk of a court of appeals shall collect a statewide |
|
|
electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] under Section |
|
|
51.851, Government Code. |
|
|
SECTION 4. Section 101.06118, Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.06118. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT |
|
|
CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect a statewide |
|
|
electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] under Section |
|
|
51.851, Government Code. |
|
|
SECTION 5. Section 101.08117, Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.08117. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES: |
|
|
GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court shall |
|
|
collect a statewide electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] |
|
|
under Section 51.851, Government Code. |
|
|
SECTION 6. Section 101.10116, Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.10116. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES: |
|
|
GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court shall |
|
|
collect a statewide electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] |
|
|
under Section 51.851, Government Code. |
| |
|
|
SECTION 7. Section 101.12126, Government Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 101.12126. ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT |
|
|
CODE. The clerk of a county court shall collect a statewide |
|
|
electronic filing system fund fee of $30 [$20] under Section |
|
|
51.851, Government Code. |
|
|
SECTION 8. (a) Section 51.607, Government Code, does not |
|
|
apply to the imposition of a fee assessed under: |
|
|
(1) Section 51.851, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act; |
|
|
(2) Section 101.0211, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act; |
|
|
(3) Section 101.0411, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act; |
|
|
(4) Section 101.06118, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act; |
|
|
(5) Section 101.08117, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act; |
|
|
(6) Section 101.10116, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act. |
|
|
(b) The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a fee |
|
|
that becomes payable on or after September 1, 2015. A fee that |
|
|
becomes payable before that date is governed by the law in effect |
|
|
when the fee became payable, and the former law is continued in |
|
|
effect for that purpose. |
| |
|
|
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |