By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1525
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the district court records archive fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.305(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a district
court records archive fee of not more than $5 for the filing of a
suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a
cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion
for new trial, or third-party petition, in any [a] [district] court
where the district clerk accepts a filing in the county as part of
the county's annual budget. The fee must be set and itemized in the
county's budget as part of the budget preparation process and must
be approved in a public meeting. The fee is for preservation and
restoration services performed in connection with maintaining a
district court records archive.
SECTION 2. 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.