Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2215 Compare Versions

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1		-	S.B. No. 2215
	1	+	By: Perry S.B. No. 2215
	2	+	(Lambert)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the 1st Multicounty Court at Law.
6	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	9		SECTION 1. Section 25.2702, Government Code, is amended by
8	10		amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to
9	11		read as follows:
10	12		(d) The judge of the county court at law shall appoint an
11	13		official court reporter. The judge may appoint a court
12	14		administrator to aid the judge in the performance of the judge's
13	15		duties. The official court reporter and the court administrator of
14	16		the county court at law are entitled to receive a salary set by the
15	17		commissioners courts in the counties the reporter or administrator
16	18		serves to be paid out of the county treasuries, either by salary or
17	19		by contract as set by the commissioners courts [the same salary and
18	20		to be paid in the same manner as the official court reporter and
19	21		court administrator, respectively, of the district court in the
20	22		administrative county for the court]. The clerk of the court shall
21	23		tax as costs, in each civil, criminal, and probate case in which a
22	24		record of any part of the evidence in the case is made by the
23	25		reporter, a stenographer's fee of $25. The fee shall be paid in the
24	26		same manner as other costs in the case. The clerk collects the fee
25	27		and pays it into the general funds of the counties.
26	28		(d-1) Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan Counties shall enter into
27	29		an interlocal agreement allocating the financial obligations of
28	30		each county in relation to the county court at law and the budget,
29	31		powers, and duties of the court and salaries of court personnel.
30	32		(d-2) If the counties served by the county court at law are
31	33		unable to reach an agreement under Subsection (d-1) before the
32	34		first day of the fiscal year for a county served by the court, each
33	35		county shall pay to the court's administrative county a share of the
34	36		court's administrative and operational costs for the fiscal year
35	37		based on the proportion of the court's caseload originating in the
36	38		county during the preceding year. A county is entitled to
37	39		compensation from the state under Section 25.0015 in proportion to
38	40		the amount paid under this subsection.
39	41		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
40	42		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
41	43		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
42	44		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
43	45		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
44		-	______________________________ ______________________________
45		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
46		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2215 passed the Senate on
47		-	April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
48		-	______________________________
49		-	Secretary of the Senate
50		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2215 passed the House on
51		-	May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 9,
52		-	two present not voting.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Chief Clerk of the House
55		-	Approved:
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Date
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Governor