82R17060 PMO-D
	By: Woolley	H.B. No. 627

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a fee collected by a district clerk for certain
	certified copies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.318(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The fees are:
	(1)  for issuing a subpoena, including one copy$8
	(2)  for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
	writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
	sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
	or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any
	other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one
	copy if required by law$8
	(3)  for searching files or records to locate a cause
	when the docket number is not provided$5
	(4)  for searching files or records to ascertain the
	existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's
	office$5
	(5)  for abstracting a judgment$8
	(6)  for approving a bond$4
	(7)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment, order,
	pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district clerk's
	office, including certificate and seal, for each page or part of a
	page not to exceed $1
	(8)  for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of a
	page not to exceed $1.
	SECTION 2.  Section 101.0611, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 101.0611.  DISTRICT COURT FEES AND COSTS:  GOVERNMENT
	CODE. The clerk of a district court shall collect fees and costs
	under the Government Code as follows:
	(1)  appellate judicial system filing fees for:
	(A)  First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals District
	(Sec. 22.2021, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
	(B)  Second Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2031, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
	(C)  Third Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2041, Government Code) . . . $5;
	(D)  Fourth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2051, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
	(E)  Fifth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2061, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
	(F)  Ninth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2101, Government Code) . . . $5;
	(G)  Eleventh Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2121, Government Code) . . . $5; and
	(H)  Thirteenth Court of Appeals District (Sec.
	22.2141, Government Code) . . . not more than $5;
	(2)  when administering a case for the Rockwall County
	Court at Law (Sec. 25.2012, Government Code) . . . civil fees and
	court costs as if the case had been filed in district court;
	(3)  additional filing fees:
	(A)  for each suit filed for insurance contingency
	fund, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec. 51.302,
	Government Code) . . . not to exceed $5;
	(B)  to fund the improvement of Dallas County
	civil court facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners
	court (Sec. 51.705, Government Code) . . . not more than $15; and
	(C)  to fund the improvement of Hays County court
	facilities, if authorized by the county commissioners court (Sec.
	51.707, Government Code) . . . not more than $15;
	(4)  for filing a suit, including an appeal from an
	inferior court:
	(A)  for a suit with 10 or fewer plaintiffs (Sec.
	51.317, Government Code) . . . $50;
	(B)  for a suit with at least 11 but not more than
	25 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $75;
	(C)  for a suit with at least 26 but not more than
	100 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $100;
	(D)  for a suit with at least 101 but not more than
	500 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $125;
	(E)  for a suit with at least 501 but not more than
	1,000 plaintiffs (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $150; or
	(F)  for a suit with more than 1,000 plaintiffs
	(Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $200;
	(5)  for filing a cross-action, counterclaim,
	intervention, contempt action, motion for new trial, or third-party
	petition (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . . $15;
	(6)  for issuing a citation or other writ or process not
	otherwise provided for, including one copy, when requested at the
	time a suit or action is filed (Sec. 51.317, Government Code) . . .
	$8;
	(7)  for records management and preservation (Sec.
	51.317, Government Code) . . . $10;
	(8)  for issuing a subpoena, including one copy (Sec.
	51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
	(9)  for issuing a citation, commission for deposition,
	writ of execution, order of sale, writ of execution and order of
	sale, writ of injunction, writ of garnishment, writ of attachment,
	or writ of sequestration not provided for in Section 51.317, or any
	other writ or process not otherwise provided for, including one
	copy if required by law (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $8;
	(10)  for searching files or records to locate a cause
	when the docket number is not provided (Sec. 51.318, Government
	Code) . . . $5;
	(11)  for searching files or records to ascertain the
	existence of an instrument or record in the district clerk's office
	(Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . $5;
	(12)  for abstracting a judgment (Sec. 51.318,
	Government Code) . . . $8;
	(13)  for approving a bond (Sec. 51.318, Government
	Code) . . . $4;
	(14)  for a certified copy of a record, judgment,
	order, pleading, or paper on file or of record in the district
	clerk's office, including certificate and seal, for each page or
	part of a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed
	$1;
	(15)  for a noncertified copy, for each page or part of
	a page (Sec. 51.318, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $1;
	(16)  fee for performing a service:
	(A)  related to the matter of the estate of a
	deceased person (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee
	allowed the county clerk for those services;
	(B)  related to the matter of a minor (Sec.
	51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee allowed the county
	clerk for the service;
	(C)  of serving process by certified or registered
	mail (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . the same fee a sheriff or
	constable is authorized to charge for the service under Section
	118.131, Local Government Code; and
	(D)  prescribed or authorized by law but for which
	no fee is set (Sec. 51.319, Government Code) . . . a reasonable fee;
	(17)  jury fee (Sec. 51.604, Government Code) . . .
	$30;
	(18)  additional filing fee for family protection on
	filing a suit for dissolution of a marriage under Chapter 6, Family
	Code (Sec. 51.961, Government Code) . . . not to exceed $15;
	(19)  at a hearing held by an associate judge in Dallas
	County, a court cost to preserve the record, in the absence of a
	court reporter, by other means (Sec. 54.509, Government Code) . . .
	as assessed by the referring court or associate judge; and
	(20)  at a hearing held by an associate judge in Duval
	County, a court cost to preserve the record (Sec. 54.1151,
	Government Code) . . . as imposed by the referring court or
	associate judge.
	SECTION 3.  Section 51.318(b), Government Code, as amended
	by this Act, applies only to a request for a certified copy of a
	record, judgment, order, pleading, or paper on file or of record in
	the district clerk's office, including certificate and seal, made
	on or after the effective date of this Act.  A request made before
	the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when
	the request was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2011.