Bill Text: TX SB1525 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1525 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the district court records archive fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB1525 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1525-Introduced.html



	By: Hinojosa	S.B. No. 1525


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the district court records archive fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 51.305(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:

	(b) The commissioners court of a county may adopt a district
	court records archive fee of not more than $5 for the filing of a
	suit, including an appeal from an inferior court, or a
	cross-action, counterclaim, intervention, contempt action, motion
	for new trial, or third-party petition, in any [a] [~~district~~] court
	where the district clerk accepts a filing in the county as part of
	the county's annual budget. The fee must be set and itemized in the
	county's budget as part of the budget preparation process and must
	be approved in a public meeting. The fee is for preservation and
	restoration services performed in connection with maintaining a
	district court records archive.
	SECTION 2. 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.