Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB967 Latest Draft

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                            81R4885 KLA-D
 By: Hughes H.B. No. 967


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
 Twelfth 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 22.2131 to read as follows:
 Sec. 22.2131.  APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a)  The
 commissioners court of each county in the Twelfth 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, 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 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 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. The commissioners court shall administer the fund to
 establish and maintain a fund system to assist the Twelfth Court of
 Appeals District and any other court of appeals district that has an
 appellate judicial system in the county. The fund may not be used
 for any other purpose.
 (e)  The commissioners court shall monthly order the funds
 collected under this section to be forwarded in equal amounts to
 each clerk of a court of appeals that has an appellate judicial
 system in the county for expenditures by the court of appeals for
 its 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 101.06114 to read as follows:
 Sec. 101.06114.  ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
 CODE. The clerk of a district court in the Twelfth Court of Appeals
 District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing fee of
 $5 under Section 22.2131, Government Code.
 SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 101.08113 to read as follows:
 Sec. 101.08113.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES:
 GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court in the
 Twelfth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
 judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2131, Government
 Code.
 SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 101.10113 to read as follows:
 Sec. 101.10113.  ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES:
 GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court in the
 Twelfth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
 judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2131, Government
 Code.
 SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 101.12122 to read as follows:
 Sec. 101.12122.  ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES:  GOVERNMENT
 CODE.  The clerk of a county court in a county in the Twelfth Court
 of Appeals District shall collect an appellate judicial system
 filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2131, Government Code.
 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.