88R2626 JTZ-D
By: West S.B. No. 556
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from court reporter transcript fees for a
county that provides and maintains court reporting equipment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 52, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.060 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.060. TRANSCRIPT FEE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
(a) This section applies only to a county that provides and
maintains court reporting equipment for a court in the county in
accordance with the county's established plan for the periodic
replacement of obsolete equipment.
(b) A county official or employee while transacting county
business is exempt from the payment of any fee authorized under this
chapter for issuance of a transcript of a case heard in a court for
which the county provides and maintains court reporting equipment
in accordance with the plan described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 52.060, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a fee for a transcript requested in
accordance with that section on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.