Bill Text: TX HB1375 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption for certain solo practitioner attorneys from electronic filing fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-26 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1375 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1375-Introduced.html

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83R7895 YDB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1375

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for certain solo practitioner attorneys
from electronic filing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.808 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.808. EXEMPTION FROM ELECTRONIC FILING FEES. An
attorney licensed to practice law in this state who is a solo
practitioner is exempt from a fee imposed for the electronic filing
of documents under this subchapter by a district or county clerk, a
clerk of a court of appeals, or a vendor contracting to provide
electronic filing services for the district, county, or court of
appeals.
SECTION 2. Section 51.808, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a fee imposed for the electronic filing of
documents on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.