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Texas Government Code - Section 22.2021. Appellate Judicial System

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§ 22.2021. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a) The 
commissioners court of each county in the First or Fourteenth Court 
of Appeals District shall establish an appellate judicial system 
to:
		(1)  assist the courts of appeals for the county in the 
processing of appeals filed from the county court, county courts at 
law, probate courts, and district courts; and
		(2)  defray costs and expenses incurred for the 
operation of the courts of appeals in this state for which the 
county is required by law to reimburse other counties in the court 
of appeals district.
	(b)  To fund the system, the commissioners court shall set a 
court costs fee of not more than $5 for each civil suit filed in 
county court, county court at law, probate court, or district court 
in the county.
	(c)  The court costs fee does not apply to a suit filed by the 
county or to a suit for delinquent taxes.
	(d)  The court costs fee shall be taxed, collected, and paid 
as other court costs in a suit.  The clerk of the court shall collect 
the court costs fee set under this section and pay it to the county 
officer who performs the county treasurer's functions.  That 
officer shall deposit the fee in a separate appellate justice 
system fund.  The commissioners court shall administer the fund to 
maintain the system in cooperation with the chief justice of the 
courts of appeals.  The fund may not be used for any other purpose.
	(e)  The commissioners court shall annually order the funds 
collected under this section to be forwarded to the court of appeals 
for expenditure by the courts of appeals for the court of appeals 
district's judicial system.
	(f)  The commissioners court has the authority necessary to 
assist the courts of appeals in the administration of the system, 
including the authority to contract with any private nonprofit 
corporation, public corporation, or a combination of those 
corporations.
	(g)  The chief justice of the courts of appeals, with the 
approval and consent of the commissioners court, shall manage the 
fund.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, § 8.01(a), eff. Aug. 28, 
1989.     

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