S.B. No. 1208
AN ACT
relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
Seventh 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 22.2081 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.2081. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. (a) The
commissioners court of each county in the Seventh Court of Appeals
District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish an
appellate judicial system to:
(1) assist the court of appeals for the county in the
disposition of appeals filed with the court of appeals from the
county courts, statutory county courts, probate courts, and
district courts; and
(2) defray costs and expenses incurred by the county
under Section 22.208.
(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, probate court, or district court in the
county.
(c) The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the
county 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 expenditures 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 101.06115 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.06115. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
CODE. The clerk of a district court in the Seventh Court of Appeals
District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing fee of
$5 under Section 22.2081, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.08114 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.08114. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES:
GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court in the
Seventh Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government
Code.
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.10114 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.10114. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES:
GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court in the
Seventh Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government
Code.
SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.12123 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.12123. ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
CODE. The clerk of a county court in a county in the Seventh Court
of Appeals District shall collect an appellate judicial system
filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2081, Government Code.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1208 passed the Senate on
April 8, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1208 passed the House on
May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor