| 1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1970 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 28, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 28, 2015, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1970 By: Huffman |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to increasing the electronic filing fee for certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | courts. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.851(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 17 | 17 | | to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) In addition to other fees authorized or required by law, |
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| 19 | 19 | | the clerk of the supreme court, a court of appeals, a district |
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| 20 | 20 | | court, a county court, a statutory county court, or a statutory |
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| 21 | 21 | | probate court shall collect a $30 [$20] fee on the filing of any |
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| 22 | 22 | | civil action or proceeding requiring a filing fee, including an |
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| 23 | 23 | | appeal, and on the filing of any counterclaim, cross-action, |
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| 24 | 24 | | intervention, interpleader, or third-party action requiring a |
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| 25 | 25 | | filing fee to be used as provided by Section 51.852. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. (a) Section 51.607, Government Code, does not |
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| 27 | 27 | | apply to the imposition of a fee assessed under Section 51.851(b), |
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| 28 | 28 | | Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a fee |
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| 30 | 30 | | that becomes payable on or after September 1, 2015. A fee that |
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| 31 | 31 | | becomes payable before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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| 32 | 32 | | when the fee became payable, and the former law is continued in |
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| 33 | 33 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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