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1	1	By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 605
2	2	(Gallego, Lewis, Quintanilla)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the
8	8	Eighth Court of Appeals District.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 22.2091 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 22.2091. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. (a) The
13	13	commissioners court of each county in the Eighth Court of Appeals
14	14	District, by order entered in its minutes, shall establish an
15	15	appellate judicial system to assist the court of appeals for the
16	16	county in the processing of appeals filed with the court of appeals
17	17	from the county courts, statutory county courts, statutory probate
18	18	courts, and district courts.
19	19	(b) To fund the system, the commissioners court shall set a
20	20	court costs fee of $5 for each civil suit filed in a county court,
21	21	statutory county court, statutory probate court, or district court
22	22	in the county.
23	23	(c) The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by any
24	24	governmental entity or to a suit for delinquent taxes.
25	25	(d) The court costs fee shall be taxed, collected, and paid
26	26	as other court costs in a suit. The clerk of the court shall collect
27	27	the court costs fee set under this section and pay it to the county
28	28	officer who performs the county treasurer's functions. That
29	29	officer shall deposit the fee in a separate appellate judicial
30	30	system fund for the court of appeals district. The fund may not be
31	31	used for any other purpose. The chief justice of the court of
32	32	appeals has sole discretion as to the use of the fund.
33	33	(e) The commissioners court shall monthly order the funds
34	34	collected under this section to be forwarded to the court of appeals
35	35	for expenditure by the court of appeals for its appellate judicial
36	36	system.
37	37	(f) The commissioners court shall vest management of the
38	38	system in the chief justice of the court of appeals.
39	39	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
40	40	amended by adding Section 101.06119 to read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 101.06119. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
42	42	CODE. The clerk of a district court in the Eighth Court of Appeals
43	43	District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing fee of
44	44	$5 under Section 22.2091, Government Code.
45	45	SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
46	46	amended by adding Section 101.08116 to read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 101.08116. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY COUNTY COURT FEES:
48	48	GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory county court in the
49	49	Eighth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
50	50	judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government
51	51	Code.
52	52	SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
53	53	amended by adding Section 101.10115 to read as follows:
54	54	Sec. 101.10115. ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROBATE COURT FEES:
55	55	GOVERNMENT CODE. The clerk of a statutory probate court in the
56	56	Eighth Court of Appeals District shall collect an appellate
57	57	judicial system filing fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government
58	58	Code.
59	59	SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 101, Government Code, is
60	60	amended by adding Section 101.12125 to read as follows:
61	61	Sec. 101.12125. ADDITIONAL COUNTY COURT FEES: GOVERNMENT
62	62	CODE. The clerk of a county court in a county in the Eighth Court of
63	63	Appeals District shall collect an appellate judicial system filing
64	64	fee of $5 under Section 22.2091, Government Code.
65	65	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.