83R9035 TJB-F
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 739
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing fees deducted from court registry funds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 117.055(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, to [To] compensate the
county for the accounting and administrative expenses incurred in
handling all [the] registry funds that have not earned interest,
including funds in a special or separate account and funds
deposited under Article 17.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, the
clerk shall, at the time of withdrawal, deduct from the amount of
the withdrawal a fee in an amount equal to five percent of the
withdrawal but that may not exceed $50. Withdrawal of funds
generated from a case arising under the Family Code is exempt from
the fee deduction provided by this section.
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, 2013.