82R2304 PMO-D
By: Woolley H.B. No. 627
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain
electronic certified copies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The fees are:
(1) for issuing a subpoena, including one copy$8
(2) for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any
other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one
copy if required by law$8
(3) for searching files or records to locate a cause
when the docket number is not provided$5
(4) for searching files or records to ascertain the
existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's
office$5
(5) for abstracting a judgment$8
(6) for approving a bond$4
(7) for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order,
pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's
office, including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a
page$1
(8) for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of a
page not to exceed $1
(9) notwithstanding Section 51.3195, for an
electronic certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading,
or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's office,
including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a
pagenot to exceed $1.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 101.06118 to read as follows:
Sec. 101.06118. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect for an electronic
certified copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on
file or of record in the district clerk's office, including
certificate and seal, a fee not to exceed $1 for each page or part of
a page under Section 51.318, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 51.318(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a request for an electronic certified
copy of a record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on file or of
record in the district clerk's office, including certificate and
seal, made on or after the effective date of this Act. A request
made before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
effect when the request was made, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.