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Texas Government Code - Section 22.2061. Appellate Judicial System

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§ 22.2061. APPELLATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.  (a) The 
commissioners court of each county in the Fifth Court of Appeals 
District, by order entered in its minutes, shall 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 court, county courts at law, probate courts, and district 
courts; and
		(2)  defray costs and expenses incurred by the county 
under Section 22.206. 
	(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 
establish and maintain a fund system to assist the court of appeals 
in the district.  The fund may not be used for any other purpose.
	(e)  The commissioners court has the authority necessary to 
assist the court of appeals in the administration of the system and 
the system's judicial and staff education program, including the 
authority to contract with any private nonprofit corporation, 
public corporation, or a combination of those corporations.
	(f)  The commissioners court shall vest management of the 
system in the chief justice of the court of appeals in the district.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, § 8.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 
1989.     

Last modified: August 11, 2007