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Texas Government Code - Section 22.2031. Appellate Judicial System

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§ 22.2031. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a) The 
commissioners court of each county in the Second Court of Appeals 
District by order entered in its minutes may establish an appellate 
judicial system to:
		(1)  assist the court of appeals for the county in the 
processing of appeals filed with the court of appeals from the 
county courts, statutory county courts, probate courts, and 
district courts;  and
		(2)  defray costs and expenses incurred by the county 
under Section 22.203. 
	(b)  To fund the system, the commissioners court may set a 
court costs fee of not more than $5 for each civil suit filed in 
county court, statutory county court, 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 establish and maintain 
the fund to assist the court of appeals district.  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 court of appeals for its judicial system.
	(f)  The commissioners court shall vest management of the 
system in the chief justice of the court of appeals.  The 
commissioners court has the authority necessary to assist the court 
of appeals in the administration and management of the system and to 
contract with any private corporation, public corporation, or a 
combination of those corporations.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 93, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.            

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